Herrera, Helios; Mattozzi, Andrea - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 8 (2010) 4, pp. 838-871
We analyze the effect of turnout requirements in referenda in the context of a group turnout model. We show that a participation quorum requirement may reduce the turnout so severely that it generates a "quorum paradox": In equilibrium, the expected turnout exceeds the participation quorum only...