Legislative Coalition Formation
The Meaning of Minimal Winning Size with Uncertain Participation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6229726 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David H Koehler (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27 |
| Publication date | 1975-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2110691 |
| OpenAlex | W2327498714 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 7 |
Following Riker, efforts to test the minimum coalition hypothesis have met with little success. Winning coalitions on the average are much larger than predicted. In earlier work, minimum winning coalitions have been defined as 50% + 1 of those present and voting. In this paper we give an alternative definition: 50% + 1 of the total membership. Using this latter interpretation, the data indicate that members do limit the size of winning coalitions in a predictable fashion, and that this pattern is consistent over time and a number of different legislative voting bodies
Economics · Interpretation (philosophy · Legislature · Limit (mathematics · Meaning (existential · Political science · Politics · Test (biology · Voting · Work (physics · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Engineering · Game Theory and Voting Systems · Law · Mathematics · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1979 - 2024 (46) |
| Highly cited | No |