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Social information and bandwagon behaviour in voting : an economic experiment
Bischoff, Ivo; Egbert, Henrik - 2010
We present an economic experiment on the impact of social information on voter behaviour and find strong support for … bandwagon behaviour in voting decisions. In total, 418 subjects participated in the experiment. Bandwagon behaviour is found … among both male and female subjects. -- bandwagon behaviour ; social information ; voting motives ; economic experiment …
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Political leaders and macroeconomic expectations : evidence from a global survey experiment
Boumans, Dorine; Gründler, Klaus; Potrafke, Niklas; … - 2022
experiment among influential economic experts working in more than 100 countries and use the 2020 US presidential election as a … quasi-natural experiment to identify the effect of the US incumbent change on global macroeconomic expectations. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013383634
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Expressive voting vs. self-serving ignorance
Momsen, Katharina; Ohndorf, Markus - 2020
We experimentally examine the effect of self-serving information avoidance on democratic and individual decisions in the context of climate change mitigation. Subjects need to choose between two allocations which differ in own payoffs and contributions to carbon offsets. In a between-subjects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012319350
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Cognitive abilities and the demand for bad policy
Nunnari, Salvatore; Proto, Eugenio; Rustichini, Aldo - 2024
simple theoretical framework and an experiment to show that enhanced cognitive abilities may lead to better policy choices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014578562
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Cognitive abilities and the demand for bad policy
Nunnari, Salvatore; Proto, Eugenio; Rustichini, Aldo - 2024
simple theoretical framework and an experiment to show that enhanced cognitive abilities may lead to better policy choices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014580740
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The efficacy of political advertising : a voter participation field experiment with multiple robo calls and controls for selection effects
Kling, Daniel; Stratmann, Thomas - 2016
little or no effect of automated calls. We establish this finding in a large field experiment in a targeted, partisan get …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011565655
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Correlation Neglect in Voting Decisions : An Experiment
Moser, Johannes - 2019
information against her preferences. In an online experiment, the subjects have to vote on either a safe or a risky payment of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870763
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Identifying the Effect of Mobilization on Voter Turnout through a Natural Experiment
Fukumoto, Kentaro - 2017
mobilization. We study this by leveraging a natural experiment in Japan, in which the timing of a municipal election is as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971950
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The Efficacy of Political Advertising : A Voter Participation Field Experiment with Multiple Robo Calls and Controls for Selection Effects
Kling, Daniel - 2016
little or no effect of automated calls. We establish this finding in a large field experiment in a targeted, partisan get …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012977179
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Public Voting and Prosocial Behavior
Morton, Rebecca - 2018
One argument against secret ballots is that such procedures lead to more selfish voting behavior and that public voting can increase prosocial voting and the likelihood of prosocial outcomes when voters are not subject to intimidation and coercion from outside interests. We investigate this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920727