the extreme persistence of the effect to the relative incidence of these age groups in the voting population, and explore …

This paper proposes a rational model of voter participation by generalizing a common-value model of costless voting to … include not just pivotal voting but also marginal voting incentives. A new strategic incentive for abstention arises in that … presents a larger disincentive for voting than the swing voter's curse. Moreover, marginal motivations are shown to dominate …

We propose a theory-based experimental approach to compare the properties of approval voting (AV) with those of … voting. Finally, subjects' behavior under AV highlights the need to study equilibria in asymmetric strategies. …

The rational-voter model is often criticized on the grounds that two of its central predictions (the paradox of voting … main theoretical predictions: sincere voting is a predominant strategy under aggregate uncertainty, whereas without …