To the (Minimal Winning) Victors Go the (Equally Divided) Spoils: A New Power Index for Simple n-Person Games

Our intent in this module is to motivate the development of a new index of power in n-person simple games that models the collective decision-making process of players whose explicit behavioral objective is to effect change. Our concern is with games that closely correspond to the character of interpersonal interaction found in organizations, committees, and legislatures; situations in which power and authority, rather than monetary forms of payoff, are the motivating force (i.e., the interaction may be characterized as being “political” in nature).