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Information aggregation and turnout in proportional representation : a laboratory experiment
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Herrera, Helios, Llorente-Saguer, Aniol and McMurray, Joseph C. (2019) Information aggregation and turnout in proportional representation : a laboratory experiment. Journal of Public Economics, 179 . 104051. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.104051 ISSN 0047-2727.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.104051
Abstract
This paper documents a laboratory experiment that analyzes voter participation in common interest proportional representation (PR) elections, comparing this with majority rule. Consistent with theoretical predictions, poorly informed voters in either system abstain from voting, thereby shifting weight to those who are better informed. A dilution problem makes mistakes especially costly under PR, so abstention is higher in PR in contrast with private interest environments, and welfare is lower. Deviations from Nash equilibrium predictions can be accommodated by a logit version of quantal response equilibrium (QRE), which allows for voter mistakes.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Voter turnout , Proportional representation , Majorities | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Public Economics | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0047-2727 | ||||||||
Official Date: | November 2019 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 179 | ||||||||
Article Number: | 104051 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.104051 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 1 October 2021 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 19 October 2021 | ||||||||
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