Felsenthal, Dan S. and Machover, Moshé (2009) A note on measuring voters’ responsibility. Homo oeconomicus, 26 (2). pp. 259-271. ISSN 0943-0180
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Abstract
We consider a singular event of the following form: in a simple voting game, a particular division of the voters resulted in a positive outcome. We propose a plausible measure that quantifies the causal contribution of any given voter to the outcome. This measure is based on a conceptual analysis due to Braham [1], but differs from his solution to the problem of measuring causality of singular events.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.homooeconomicus.org/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2009 The Authors |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Coleman’s measure of power to prevent action, degrees of causation, extent of individual responsibility for collective decision, necessary element of a su�cient set (NESS), simple voting game (SVG) |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics |
| Journal of Economic Literature Classification System: | D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making > D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C7 - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory |
| Sets: | Research centres and groups > Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS) |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/4296/ |
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