A note of caution in interpreting the threshold of exclusion

Authors
Grofman, B
Citation
B. Grofman, A note of caution in interpreting the threshold of exclusion, ELECT STUD, 20(2), 2001, pp. 299-303
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Politucal Science & public Administration
Journal title
ELECTORAL STUDIES
ISSN journal
02613794 → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
299 - 303
Database
ISI
SICI code
0261-3794(200106)20:2<299:ANOCII>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
For any electoral system, threshold of exclusion of that system has been us ed as a measure of the degree to which parties and candidates have an incen tive to "narrow-cast" their appeals to a limited constituency. However, we must adjust the threshold of exclusion to take into account the fact that m ultimember constituencies will, ceteris paribus, be larger than single memb er constituencies. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.