Democratic values transmission
This study addresses the issue of intergenerational transmission of democratic values embedded in social choice rules. We focus on a few rules which have been the focus of social choice theory: plurality, plural- ity with a runoff, majoritarian compromise, social compromise and Borda rule. We confront subjects with preferences profiles of a hypothetical electorate over a set of four alternatives. Different rules produce different outcomes and subjects decide which alternative should be chosen for the society whose preference profile is shown. We elicit each subject’s pref- erences over rules and his/her parents’ and check whether there is any relationship; 186 students and their parents attended the sessions at Is- tanbul Bilgi University. Overall, we find support for the hypothesis of parental transmission of democratic values and gender differences in the transmitted rule.
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2014-01
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Authors: | Branas-Garza, Pablo ; Espinosa, Maria Paz ; Giritligil, Ayca Ebru |
Institutions: | Bilgi Economics Lab of Istanbul (BELIS), Murat Sertel İleri İktisadi Araştırmalar Merkezi |
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