Proportional representation: Broadening the options

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-178

  Potthoff, Richard F ^a   Brams, Steven J ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Approval voting; Integer programming; Manipulability; Proportional representation; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039503915     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951692898010002001     Document Type: Article

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