Degressive proportionality - source, findings and discussion of the Cambridge Compromise. Mathematical Economics, 2011, Nr 7 (14), s. 39-50
The principle of degressive proportionality in relation to the division of indivisible goods in the past few years – especially since the signing of the Treaty of Lisbon – has been one of the topics frequently appearing in studies of economists, mathematicians, lawyers and people involved in politics. It combines a purely theoretical and easily definable question with a very important practical problem that concerns primarily members of the European Union and countries aspiring to become one. The article shall include a debate and discussion of the findings of the Cambridge Compromise concerning proposals to solve the problem of allocating seats in the European Parliament.
The Proposal of Allocation of Seats in the European Parliament – The Shifted Root
Abstract The issue of allocation of seats in the European Parliament among the Member States of the EU has been the subject of several studies and proposals of algorithms of allocation. The rejection by the Parliament of the Cambridge Compromise means that the issue is still pertinent. This article presents a new method of forming the composition of the EP based on the well-known algorithms of Pukelsheim and Ramirez, called the shifted root. The composition of the Parliament obtained with the use of this method is also given, followed by a discussion of the results.
The Use of Qualitative Information in Macro-Economic Policy Analysis
The majority of macro-economic policy models takes for granted that conflicts among objectives can be assessed by means of a tradeoff analysis. Such tradeoffs imply that sacrifices and benefits of various impacts of decisions can be measured on a cardinal scale, so that a conventional macro-economic utility or welfare analysis can be applied.