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Pocketbook voting and social preferences in referenda
Meya, Johannes; Poutvaara, Panu; Schwager, Robert - 2015
We study the role of self-interest and social preferences in referenda. Our analysis is based on collective purchasing decisions of university students on deep-discount flat rate tickets for public transportation and culture. Individual usage data allows quantifying monetary benefits associated...
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Pocketbook voting, social preferences, and expressive motives in referenda
Meya, Johannes; Poutvaara, Panu; Schwager, Robert - 2017
We develop and test a theory of voting and turnout decisions that integrates self-interest, social preferences, and expressive motives. Our model implies that if pocketbook benefits are relevant, voters either perceive their impact on the outcome to be non-negligible, or expressive motivations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011645032
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Pocketbook voting, social preferences, and expressive motives in referenda
Meya, Johannes; Poutvaara, Panu; Schwager, Robert - 2017
We develop and test a theory of voting and turnout decisions that integrates self-interest, social preferences, and expressive motives. Our model implies that if pocketbook benefits are relevant, voters either perceive their impact on the outcome to be non-negligible, or expressive motivations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011657009
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Efficient incentives in social networks : "gamification" and the coase theorem
Daske, Thomas - 2019
This study explores mechanism design for networks of interpersonal relationships. Agents' social (i.e., altruistic or spiteful) preferences and private payoffs are all subject to asymmetric information; utility is (quasi-)linear, types are independent. I show that any network of at least three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012061117
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Electoral cycles in macroeconomic forecasts
Cipullo, Davide; Reslow, André - 2021
that governments release overly optimistic GDP growth forecasts ahead of elections to increase the reelection probability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012514965
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Electoral cycles in macroeconomic forecasts
Cipullo, Davide; Reslow, André - 2022
elections to increase the reelection probability. The bias arises from lack of commitment if voters are rational and from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013336207
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Social Preferences and Redistribution under Direct Democracy
Dhami, Sanjit - 2008
There is growing evidence on the roles of fairness and social preferences as fundamental human motives, in general, as well as in voting contexts. In contrast, models of political economy are based on selfish-voters who derive utility solely from own payoffs. We examine the implications of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012724410
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Pocketbook Voting, Social Preferences, and Expressive Motives in Referenda
Meya, Johannes - 2017
We develop and test a theory of voting and turnout decisions that integrates self-interest, social preferences, and expressive motives. Our model implies that if pocketbook benefits are relevant, voters either perceive their impact on the outcome to be non-negligible, or expressive motivations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956976
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Tax contracts and elections
Gersbach, Hans; Schneider, Maik T. - 2009 - This version: December 2009
In this paper we examine the impact of tax contracts as a novel institution on elections, policies, and welfare. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008746679
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How polarization and political instability affect learning through experimentation
Ossokina, Ioulia V.; Swank, Otto H. - 2001
elections (exogenous elections) andthe decision is salient and the election outcome depends on it (endogenous elections).We show …. Furthermore, in contrast to the existing literature, wedemonstrate that, when elections are exogenous, polarization between … political parties does not always decreaseactive learning. In the case with endogenous elections we find that electoral concerns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316875