A Note on Monitoring Costs and Voter Fraud

Election fraud can threaten democracy if many ineligible people are allowed to vote. The usual policy prescription is to increase monitoring cost. However, this is very costly. This paper proposes a more cost effective strategy: substitute tougher and consistent statutes across states against voter fraud

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Graves, Philip E. ; Sexton, Robert L. ; Galles, Gary M.
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Theorie \| Theory \| Betrug \| Fraud \| Wahlverhalten \| Voting behaviour \| Wirtschaftskriminalität \| Economic crime \| Kosten \| Costs

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (11 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: in The American Economist Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments December 7, 2013 erstellt
Classification:	A1 - General Economics ; A2 - Economics Education and Teaching of Economics ; D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making ; H8 - Miscellaneous Issues ; K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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