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Voting on thresholds for public goods: experimental evidence
Rauchdobler, Julian; Sausgruber, Rupert; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2009
, because voting may facilitate coordination due to signaling and commitment effects. We find that voting does have signaling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265971
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Tax morale and optimal taxation
Gueth, Werner; Sausgruber, Rupert - 2004
We study experimentally how taxpayers choose between two tax regimes to fund a public good. The first-best tax regime imposes a general, distortion-free income tax. However, this tax cannot be enforced. The second-best alternative supplements the income tax by a specific commodity tax. This tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261266
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Democratic participation and the size of regions: an empirical study using data on German counties
Seitz, Helmut - 2008
The paper examines the relation between political participation and the size of regions taking German counties as observational units. The paper makes several contributions to the literature. To begin with, we measure political participation along two dimensions namely voter turnout, which is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264289
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Precise Control over Legislative Vote Outcomes: A Forensic Approach to Political Economics
Matter, Ulrich; Slotwinski, Michaela - 2016
on legislative voting. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011522507
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Vote Buying in the US Congress
Matter, Ulrich; Roberti, Paolo; Slotwinski, Michaela - 2019
groups are involved in vote buying. Testing the theoretical predictions based on two decades of roll-call voting in the U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141042
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Voter Confirmation Bias and Electoral Accountability
Lockwood, Benjamin - 2015
This paper considers the implications of an important cognitive bias in information processing, confirmation bias, in a political agency setting. In the baseline two-period case where only the politician’s actions are observable before the election, we show that when voters have this bias, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307085
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Earmarking and the Political Support of Fat Taxes
Cremer, Helmuth; Goulão, Catarina; Roeder, Kerstin - 2015
majority voting. Individuals vote according to their misperceived utility function. Consequently, excessive fat consumption is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388188
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The Political Economy of Cordon Tolls
De Borger, Bruno; Russo, Antonio - 2015
owners of land in different locations. Assuming majority voting we show that the equilibrium toll is below the socially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388228
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Does Female Suffrage Increase Public Support for Government Spending? Evidence from Swiss Ballots
Jaronicki, Katharina E. - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328845
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The Power of Religious Organizations in Human Decision Processes: Analyzing Voting Behavior
Torgler, Benno; Stadelmann, David; Portmann, Marco - 2013
'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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328867