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 …

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 …

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 …

Storable Votes and Quadratic Voting are voting systems designed to account for voters' intensity of preferences. We …, both systems induce minority victories and result in higher expected welfare relative to majority voting. In our … parametrization, quadratic voting induces more minority victories and achieves higher average welfare, but causes more frequent …

but novel voting scheme for binary decisions taken by committees that meet regularly over time. At each meeting, committee …

The paper studies a simple voting system that has the potential to increase the power of minorities without sacrificing … majority, and the aggregate payoffs all match the theory …