receive utility from the act of voting. However, this leaves open the question of whether or not there is a significant margin … consideration of the likelihood that they will be pivotal. Among the remainder, the probability of voting is related to variables …

We study voting over higher education finance in an economy with risk averse households who are heterogeneous in income …

propose “redistribution efficiency” as a socially desirable property of proposals and find that tax rules always guarantee … redistribution efficiency. We show that rules on subsidies combined with discretion regarding taxes always yield socially inferior …

Cognitive dissonance theory predicts that the act of voting makes people more positive toward the party or candidate … turnout provided by the voting age restriction. I improve on previous studies by investigating political attitudes, measured … just before elections, when they are highly predictive of voting. In contrast to earlier studies I find no effect of voting …

Cognitive dissonance theory predicts that the act of voting makes people more positive toward the party or candidate … turnout provided by the voting age restriction. I improve on previous studies by investigating political attitudes, measured … just before elections, when they are highly predictive of voting. In contrast to earlier studies I find no effect of voting …

characteristics to others. The model is one of rational voting and generates the following predictions: (i) The paradox of not voting … does not arise, because the benefit of voting does not vanish with population size. (ii) Turnout in elections is positively … related to the size of the local community and the importance of social interactions. (iii) Voting may exhibit bandwagon …

members can improve the voting outcome by simplifying the strategies of unbiased members. Thus, heterogeneous committees …

ideological policy dimension. Voters achieve this outcome by following a simple lexicographic voting strategy. They cast their …

We study voting over higher education finance in an economy with two regions and two separated labor markets …