We study the properties of the group-based model of voting in elections with more than two candidates. We consider two … equilibria under both rules and identify the features of an election that favor different types of voting behavior: either … sincere voting or coordination behind a limited number of candidates. Comparing plurality and majority runoff, we find that …

estimate the effect of social image concerns on voting. In a door-to-door survey about election turnout, we experimentally vary …, and (iii) the incentives to lie about past voting. Our estimates suggest significant social image concerns. For a … plausible range of lying costs, we estimate the monetary value of voting `because others will ask' to be in the range of $5 …

respect to voting preferences, union members are more likely to vote for a Democrat for the House or Presidency than … demographically comparable nonunion voters, largely because union members have attitudes and voting inclinations favorable to the … pro-union attitudes that unions could potentially influence to maintain the union impact on elections even with declines …

This paper examines the pattern of change in turnout in elections and in the rate of voting of different socioeconomic … regulations that make it easier to register and to vote should have raised turnout, the proportion of the voting age population … that votes has fallen. This is partly due to the increased proportion of voting age persons who are ineligible to vote, but …

industry-lines (as implied by models with imperfect factor mobility). This paper examines voting patterns in the British … general election of 1923, an election that hinged on free trade versus protection. The election provides an opportunity to … voting for the contending political parties. The results indicate that county differences in the occupational structure of …

evidence that those who have not previously voted are particularly likely to voice doubts about the secrecy of the voting … secrecy protections prior to the 2010 general election. We find that these letters increased turnout for registered citizens …

favor of them? We argue that re-election motives can lead politicians to take a pro-gun stance against the interests of an … them when they approach re-election. We test the predictions of the model by analyzing votes on gun-related legislation in … the U.S. Senate, in which one third of the members are up for re-election every two years. We find that senators are more …

elections. Election-year pressure reduces work output, but only partisan elections reduce work quality. Moving from nonpartisan … elections and judges selected by technocratic merit commissions produce higher-quality work than judges selected by partisan … elections to uncontested elections increases work quality for incumbent judges, while there is no effect on incumbent judge …

We propose a new game theoretic approach to modeling large elections that overcomes the "paradox of voting" in a costly … voting framework, without reliance on the assumption of ad hoc preferences for voting. The key innovation that we propose is … literature as it is consistent with the empirical evidence. Incorporating this policy rule into a costly voting model with …