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Putere de vot în Parlamentul României după alegerile din 2012
Voting power in Romanian Parliament after the 2012 elections

Author(s): Ciprian Niţu
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fundaţia »Societatea Civilă« (FSC)
Keywords: Romanian Parliament; political groups; voting power; power indices; voting weights

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to investigate the voting power of political groups in Romanian Parliament after elections held in December 2012. Using some classical indeces of voting power such as Shapley-Shubik, Banzhaf and Coleman indices, the paper leads to the conclusion that the relative power of political groups within Parliament significantly varies from voting weights that these groups have as a result of the election outcome.

  • Issue Year: XXI/2013
  • Issue No: 174
  • Page Range: 80-87
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian