Aragones, Enriqueta; Gilboa, Itzhak; Weiss, Andrew - Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University - 2005
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 (null) statement. We show that in such a model, a political system … that adopts approval voting may be expected to enjoy a significantly higher rate of participation in elections than a …