a. Give an example of a weighted voting system with four players and such that the Shapley-Shubik power index of
b. Show that in any weighted voting system with four players a player cannot have a Shapley-Shubik power index of more than
c. Show that in any weighted voting system with N players a player cannot have a Shapley-Shubik power index of more than
d. Give an example of a weighted voting system with N players and such that
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