Semivalues and voting power

International Game Theory Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-61

  Laruelle, Annick ^a   Valenciano, Federico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Axiomatization; Collective decision making; Expected utility preferences; Power indices; Semivalues; Voting power

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142023249     PISSN: 02191989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021919890300088X     Document Type: Article

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