I propose a game-theoretic model of costly voting that predicts significant 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 …

as voting and charitable contributions by poor individuals. If one lets other variables determine happiness as well, this … effect on utility. The third class of models includes those of reciprocity in which people’s altruism depends on whether … others act kindly or unkindly toward them. In the fourth type of model, inequality has a profound effect on altruism, with …

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. …

exploits a natural experiment to assess the causal impact of compulsory voting on turnout and, more importantly, to test … whether the impact is different across skill groups. I find that compulsory voting increases voter turnout by 18 percentage …A very important, yet unsettled, question is whether mandatory voting affects political participation. This paper …

We review the efficacy of three approaches to forecasting elections: econometric models that project outcomes on the …. While the evidence for economic voting has historically been weak for Australia, the 2004 election suggests an increasingly …

copious corruption not only decreases incumbent support in local elections in Mexico, but also decreases voter turnout …

I propose a framework in which individual political participation can take two distinct forms, voting and contributing … shows that, even though each contribution has a negligible impact, the interaction between contributions and voting leads to … elections. In particular, inequality increases contributions to Republicans, but not to Democrats, as predicted by the model. …