Characterizations of two power indices for voting games with r alternatives

Social Choice and Welfare

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 709-721

  Bolger, Edward M ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036771906     PISSN: 01761714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003550100145     Document Type: Article

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