Coalition Formation Theories Revisited: An Empirical Investigation of Aumann's Hypothesis

Author

Vincent Chua, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Dan S. Felsenthal, University of Haifa

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

2006

Abstract

In one of the earliest attempts to examine the effect of a priori voting power on actual political phenomena, Riker (1959) looked at changes in party affiliation in the French National Assembly in 1953–54, and used these data to test the hypothesis that deputies who switched parties were seeking thereby to increase their a priori voting power. His findings were negative, or at best inconclusive.

Keywords

Coalitions, voting power

Discipline

Political Economy

Research Areas

Applied Microeconomics

Publication

Power, Freedom and Voting

First Page

159

Last Page

183

ISBN

9783540733812

Identifier

10.1007/978-3-540-73382-9_9

Publisher

Springer

City or Country

Berlin

Citation

Chua, Vincent and Felsenthal, Dan S.. Coalition Formation Theories Revisited: An Empirical Investigation of Aumann's Hypothesis. (2006). Power, Freedom and Voting. 159-183.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/619

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Authors

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Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73382-9_9