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Napel, Stefan ; Maaser, Nicola:
A Note on the Direct Democracy Deficit in Two-tier Voting.
In: Mathematical Social Sciences.
Vol. 63
(2012)
Issue 2
.
- pp. 174-180.
ISSN 0165-4896
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2011.10.008
Abstract in another language
A large population of voters with single-peaked preferences are partitioned into dis- joint constituencies. Collective decisions are taken by their representatives, one from each constituency, according to a weighted voting rule. It is assumed that each rep- resentative’s ideal point perfectly matches that of the respective constituency median and that top-tier decisions are in the voting game’s core. The resulting representative- democratic voting outcomes generally differ from those of a direct-democratic, single- tier system. The expected discrepancy varies with the voting weight allocation. It is minimized by weights proportional to constituency population sizes only if citizens differ sufficiently more between than within constituencies. Weights proportional to the square root of population sizes perform better if all citizens have independent and identically distributed ideal points.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Keywords: | weighted voting; two-tier voting systems; square root rules; representative democracy; majoritarianism |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics > Chair Economics IV - Microeconomics Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics > Chair Economics IV - Microeconomics > Chair Economics IV - Microeconomics - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Napel |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 300 Social sciences 300 Social sciences > 320 Political science 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics 500 Science 500 Science > 510 Mathematics |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Feb 2016 09:07 |
| Last Modified: | 03 May 2017 08:12 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/30224 |