The Hamilton Apportionment Method Is Between the Adams Method and the Jefferson Method Export

@article{citeulike:1973472, abstract = {The Adams apportionment method is the only divisor method that consistently favors small districts relative to the Hamilton method. The Jefferson method is the only divisor method that favors large districts relative to the Hamilton method. These statements hold for the Balinski and Young (1978) interpretation of "favoring small/large districts," and for the partial "majorization ranking" introduced by Marshall et al. (2002). As such, Hamilton is positioned in between Adams and Jefferson. 10.1287/moor.1060.0192}, author = {Lauwers, Luc and Puyenbroeck, Tom V.}, citeulike-article-id = {1973472}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/moor.1060.0192}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://mor.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/31/2/390}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1287/moor.1060.0192}, journal = {MATHEMATICS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH}, keywords = {elections}, month = {May}, number = {2}, pages = {390--397}, posted-at = {2007-11-24 17:36:13}, priority = {2}, title = {The Hamilton Apportionment Method Is Between the Adams Method and the Jefferson Method}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/moor.1060.0192}, volume = {31}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1973472 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1973472 N2 - The Adams apportionment method is the only divisor method that consistently favors small districts relative to the Hamilton method. The Jefferson method is the only divisor method that favors large districts relative to the Hamilton method. These statements hold for the Balinski and Young (1978) interpretation of "favoring small/large districts," and for the partial "majorization ranking" introduced by Marshall et al. (2002). As such, Hamilton is positioned in between Adams and Jefferson. 10.1287/moor.1060.0192 IS - 2 JF - MATHEMATICS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH EP - 397 TI - The Hamilton Apportionment Method Is Between the Adams Method and the Jefferson Method VL - 31 SP - 390 KW - elections AU - Lauwers, Luc AU - Puyenbroeck, Tom PY - 2006/05/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/moor.1060.0192 ER -