Kaniovski, Serguei and Leech, Dennis (2009) A behavioral power index. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.831).

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Abstract

We propose an empirically relevant measure of voting power that uses the information about real or assumed voting patterns conveyed by a joint probability distribution on the set of voting outcomes, and apply it to the voting data of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Item Type:	Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	United States. Supreme Court, Decision making, Choice (Psychology), Voting research
Series Name:	Warwick economic research papers
Publisher:	University of Warwick, Department of Economics
Place of Publication:	Coventry
Official Date:	11 March 2009
Dates:	Date Event 11 March 2009 Published
Number:	No.831
Number of Pages:	22
Institution:	University of Warwick
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Description:	Original version published in 2007, this version updated March 11, 2009.
Funder:	Leverhulme Trust (LT)
Grant number:	F/07 004/AJ (LT)

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