In this article, I discuss the concepts of social position and social status, the types of social
position, as well as the determinedness of social statuses by the given positions in a new …

Power index research has been a very active field over the past few decades. Will this
continue or have all important questions been solved? We argue that there are still many …

Electoral volatility measures the degree of vote switching between political parties in two
consecutive elections. Political scientists use this as an indicator of party system (in) stability …

Abstract Today Lionel Penrose is recognised as the co-author of one of the two leading
indices of power in voting legislatures–a field of study that game theory in general, and …

We analyze a game in which players with unique information are arranged in a hierarchy. In
the lowest layer each player can decide in each of several rounds either to pass the …

In group assessment, the focus is on finding high‐authority experts to improve the reliability
of assessment results. In this study, we propose an authority updating algorithm while …

The main purpose of the present paper is to disentangle the mix-up of the notions of success
and satisfaction which is prevailing in the voting power literature. We demonstrate that both …

The positive impact of school libraries on student achievement is documented in a robust
body of literature. Despite this evidence, the number of certified school librarians is declining …

1. Objectives The main aim of this course is to demonstrate how fundamental and specific
insights and methods from economics and related disciplines can be utilized for the design …

Members of the group decision-making often interact before voting, and tend to be
influenced by people they communicate with. Such connections often comprise a social …