TY - JOUR ID - iiasa14049 UR - https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/14049/ IS - 1 A1 - Balinski, M.L. A1 - Young, H.P. Y1 - 1979/02/01/ N2 - We investigate methods to allocate seats in proportional representation systems in terms of several underlying common-sense properties. In particular, the idea of stability is introduced, and the method of Jefferson (or d'Hondt) is characterized. PB - INFORMS JF - Operations Research VL - 27 SN - 0030-364X TI - Criteria for Proportional Representation SP - 80 AV - none EP - 95 ER -