Arbeitspapier
The Effects of Voting Costs on the Democratic Process and Public Finances
Increasing the attractiveness of voting is often seen as a remedy for unequal par- ticipation and the influence of special-interest groups on public policy. However, lower voting costs may also bring less informed citizens to the poll inviting efforts to sway these voters. We substantiate this argument in a probabilistic voting model with campaign contributions. In an empirical analysis for the 26 Swiss states, we find that lower voting costs due to postal voting are related to higher turnout, lower average education of participants, lower knowledge on the political issues they were deciding on as well as lower government welfare expenditures.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: WWZ Discussion Paper ; No. 2012/02
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
Public Economics: General
- Thema
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Fiscal policies
political knowledge
postal voting
special-interest politics
voter turnout
voting costs
Finanzpolitik
Wahlverhalten
Partizipation
Öffentliche Ausgaben
Teilstaat
Schweiz
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Hodler, Roland
Luechinger, Simon
Stutzer, Alois
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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University of Basel, Center of Business and Economics (WWZ)
- (wo)
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Basel
- (wann)
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2012
- DOI
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doi:10.5451/unibas-ep28604
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Hodler, Roland
- Luechinger, Simon
- Stutzer, Alois
- University of Basel, Center of Business and Economics (WWZ)
Entstanden
- 2012
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