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A Theory of Participation in Elections
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- Feddersen, Timothy (Author)
- Sandroni, Alvaro (Author)
Title
A Theory of Participation in Elections
Abstract
We analyze a model of participation in elections in which voting is costly and no vote is pivotal. Ethical agents are motivated to participate when they determine that agents of their type are obligated to do so. Unlike previous duty-based models of participation, in our model an ethical agentś obligation to vote is determined endogenously as a function of the behavior of other agents. Our model predicts high turnout and comparative statics that are consistent with strategic behavior. (JEL D72)
Publication
American Economic Review
Volume
96
Issue
4
Pages
1271-1282
Date
2006-09
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Feddersen, T., & Sandroni, A. (2006). A Theory of Participation in Elections. American Economic Review, 96, 1271–1282.
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