The amount of political information that voters decide to acquire during an electoral campaign depends, among other … candidates attach little value to information because they perceive that voting itself will have little value. Voters that are ex … ante very ideological also attach little value to information because they think that the news will hardly change their …

A number of recent formal models predict a positive effect of political knowledge on turnout. Both information … proxies of information supply on mass media. Using survey data from the 1997 British General Election Study, I show that …

The amount of political information that voters decide to acquire during an electoral campaign depends, among other … candidates attach little value to information because they perceive that voting itself will have little value. Voters that are ex … ante very ideological also attach little value to information because they think that the news will hardly change their …

The amount of political information that voters decide to acquire during anelectoral campaign depends, among other … attach little value to information because they perceive thatvoting itself will have little value. Voters that are ex ante … very ideologicalalso attach little value to information because they think that the news willhardly change their opinion …

This paper studies the role of citizens� demand for political information in elections and provides a possible … incentives to gather political information may derive from its relevance to private choices. Under quite mild assumptions, the … demand for political information is increasing in income. Information affects citizens� responsiveness to electoral …

In spite of the negligible probability that everyone has to cast a decisive vote, political information can be relevant … for a number of private decisions. Under quite mild assumptions, the demand for information is increasing in income. Being … redistribution. This is consistent with most empirical research in this field. Finally, an increase in the cost of information …

A number of recent formal models predict a positive effect of politicalknowledge on turnout. Both information … information supply onmass media. Using survey data from the 1997 British General ElectionStudy, I show that political knowledge …

A number of recent formal models predict a positive effect of political knowledge on turnout. Both information … proxies of information supply on mass media. Using survey data from the 1997 British General Election Study, I show that …