This paper takes a fresh look at the trade-off between centralized and decentralized provision of local public goods. It argues that the sharing of the costs of local public spending in a centralized system will create a conflict of interest between citizens in different jurisdictions. When spending decisions are made by a legislature of locally elected representatives, this conflict of interes...

Corresponding Author: Suhaib Kh. Hamed Center for Artificial Intelligence Technology (CAIT), Faculty of Information Science and Technology, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, 43600, Selangor, Malaysia Tel:0060-1139044355 Email: [email protected] Abstract: In spite of great efforts that have been made to present systems that support the user’s need of the answers from the Holy Qu...

Every legislature may be defined by a finite integer partition of legislative seats between parties and a winning vote quota defining the minimum coalition size required to pass decisions. In this paper we explore the finite set of integer partitions of legislatures, categorizing all legislatures as one of five basic types. As legislatures approach the partition thresholds between these categor...