Voting power indices enable the analysis of the distribution of power in a legislature or
voting body in which different members have different numbers of votes. Although this …

This article analyses how the corporate valuation of Latin American firms is affected by the
presence of a blockholder institutional investor. The study uses a data set of 562 firms from …

In this paper we propose methods to compute the Deegan-Packel, the Public Good, and the
Shift power indices by generating functions for the particular case of weighted voting games …

Weighted voting is fundamental to the workings of the IMF and World Bank. The principle
that all member countries have the right to vote but cast different numbers of votes to reflect …

Group decisions are of longstanding interest to researchers from a wide spectrum of
disciplines. Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS) can play a vital role in situations …

Weighted voting games are frequently used in decision making. Each voter has a weight
and a proposal is accepted if the weight sum of the supporting voters exceeds a quota. One …

Abstract The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is critical to global peace and security,
yet more than 20 years of negotiations over its reform have proved fruitless. We use recent …

Vigtige politiske beslutninger i Danmark bliver ofte truffet i politiske forlig mellem
Folketingets partier. Men hvad er et forlig, og hvordan bliver de indgået? Denne bog …

Abstract The Penrose–Banzhaf index and the Shapley–Shubik index are the best-known
and the most used tools to measure political power of voters in simple voting games. Most …

This work provides an empirical investigation of shareholders' agreements signed in Italy
over the past decade. The evidence shows that agreements produce a remarkable …