Voting When the Stakes Are High

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Rational choice theories of electoral participation stress that an individual's decision to vote depends on her expected net benefit from doing so. If this instrumental motive is relevant, then turnout should be higher in elections where more is at stake. We test this prediction, by studying how turnout is affected by exogenous variation in governments' financial flexibility to provide pork for their voters. By utilizing simultaneous elections for different offices, we identify a positive effect of election stakes on turnout.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-82-7553-565-6
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2010/15

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior ; State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
• Thema: voter motivation ; elections ; turnout

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Andersen, Jørgen Juel ; Fiva, Jon H. ; Natvik, Gisle James
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Norges Bank
• (wo): Oslo
• (wann): 2010

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/209960
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ