The Webster Method of Apportionment

Balinski, M.L. & Young, H.P. (1979). The Webster Method of Apportionment. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-79-049

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Abstract

Several results concerning the problem of U.S. Congressional apportionment are given which together indicate that a method first proposed by Daniel Webster (also known as "Major Fractions") is fairest judged on the basis of common sense, Constitutional requirement, and precedent.

Item Type: Monograph (IIASA Working Paper)
Research Programs: System and Decision Sciences - Core (SDS)
Depositing User: IIASA Import
Date Deposited: 15 Jan 2016 01:46
Last Modified: 27 Aug 2021 17:09
URI: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/1134

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