Bhattacharya, Sourav; Duffy, John; Kim, Sun-Tak - In: Games and Economic Behavior 84 (2014) C, pp. 111-131
We report on an experiment comparing compulsory and voluntary voting institutions in a voting game with common preferences. Rational choice theory predicts sharp differences in voter behavior between these two institutions. If voting is compulsory, then voters may find it rational to vote...
