impact of increased political knowledge on turnout is asymmetric: New information increase the probability of voting of … information acquisition and turnout that combines the Riker-Ordeshook (1968) approach to voting behaviour with the Becker (1965 … candidates attach little value to information because they perceive that voting itself will have little value. Voters that are ex …

We present results from laboratory experimental elections in which voter information is endogenously provided by … candidates and voting is voluntary. We also compare advertisements that are costless to voters with those that reduce voter … voting is voluntary than when it is compulsory. …

expected net benefit from doing so. If this instrumental motive is relevant, then turnout should be higher in elections where … more is at stake. We test this prediction, by studying how turnout is affected by exogenous variation in governments …’ financial flexibility to provide pork for their voters. By utilizing simultaneous elections for different offices, we identify a …

Does voting have downstream consequences for turnout and political preferences? While research initially showed strong … voting eligibility on subsequent turnout and political preferences using rich panel data from the UK. Exploiting the … support for the notion that the experience of voting fosters civic habits and political engagement, recent work has cast doubt …

Does voting have downstream consequences for turnout and political preferences? While research initially showed strong … voting eligibility on subsequent turnout and political preferences using rich panel data from the UK. Exploiting the … support for the notion that the experience of voting fosters civic habits and political engagement, recent work has cast doubt …

I propose a game-theoretic model of costly voting that predicts signi…cant turnout rates even when the electorate is … vote or not, an altruistic agent compares her private voting cost with the expected contribution of her vote to the welfare … model. I also show that when the fractions of altruistic agents are known, turnout rates will typically be close to zero in …