Aragones, Enriqueta; Gilboa, Itzhak; Weiss, Andrew - Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University - 2005
We assume that people have a need to make statements, and construct a model in which this need is the sole determinant of voting behavior. In this model, an individual selects a ballot that makes as close a statement as possible to her ideal point, where abstaining from voting is a possible...
