efficient cue for making decisions and have to search for other information if they are to make a reasoned decision … partisan elections, but the effects are less pronounced. Yet, we still do not know where voters obtain partisan information in … examines how voters search for information when they cannot rely on party labels. To test this relationship, I use a dynamic …

under secrecy. This occurs despite subjects revealing more information under transparency than theory predicts … concerned committee members receive private information of different type-dependent accuracy, deliberate and vote. We study …'s key predictions in a laboratory experiment. The model's predictions are largely borne out – transparency negatively …

majority is divided as a result of information imperfections. The minority backs a third alternative, which the majority views … as strictly inferior. The majority thus faces two problems: aggregating information and coordinating to defeat the … minority candidate. Two types of equilibria coexist under plurality: either voters aggregate information, but this requires …

majority is divided as a result of information imperfections. The minority backs a third alternative, which the majority views … as strictly inferior. The majority thus faces two problems: aggregating information and coordinating to defeat the … minority candidate. Two types of equilibria coexist under plurality: either voters aggregate information, but this requires …