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Titel:

Seat biases of apportionment methods for proportional representation

Dokumenttyp:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Autor(en):
Schuster, Karsten; Pukelsheim, Friedrich; Drton, Mathias; Draper, Norman R.
Abstract:
In proportional representation systems, an important issue is whether a given apportionment method favors larger parties at the expense of smaller parties. For an arbitrary number of parties, ordered from largest to smallest by their vote counts, we calculate (apparently for the first time) the expected differences between the seat allocation and the ideal share of seats, separately for each party, as a function of district magnitude, with a particular emphasis on three traditional apportionment...     »
Stichworte:
Hamilton, Hare, Hondt, Jefferson, Sainte-Laguë, Webster
Dewey Dezimalklassifikation:
510 Mathematik
Zeitschriftentitel:
Electoral Studies
Jahr:
2003
Band / Volume:
22
Jahr / Monat:
2003-12
Quartal:
4. Quartal
Monat:
Dec
Heft / Issue:
4
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
651-676
Sprache:
en
Volltext / DOI:
doi:10.1016/s0261-3794(02)00027-6
Verlag / Institution:
Elsevier BV
E-ISSN:
0261-3794
Publikationsdatum:
01.12.2003
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