majority voting. Individuals vote according to their misperceived utility function. Consequently, excessive fat consumption is …

owners of land in different locations. Assuming majority voting we show that the equilibrium toll is below the socially …

In this paper, I analyze the voting outcomes of two very similar Swiss referendum ballots concerning the federal … 1971, and the other shortly thereafter. I estimate the impact of introducing female voting on the difference in acceptance … population. I provide additional evidence from post-ballot surveys after similar ballots to overcome potential strategic voting …

's recommendations. We find that voting recommendations do indeed matter, implying that even in a secularized world, religion plays a … crucial role in voting decisions. …

voting population were key drivers of the Vote Leave share, in particular their education profiles, their historical …

This paper explores the causal influence of media content on voting behavior. We exploit a natural experiment involving …

Numerous theoretical studies have shown that information aggregation through voting is fragile. We consider a model of … information aggregation with vote-contingent payoffs and generically characterize voting behavior in large committees. We use this …