We develop and test a theory of voting and turnout decisions that integrates self-interest, social preferences, and … strongly influence participation and voting. However, social or expressive motives, such as stated altruism, environmental … pocketbook benefits do not explain voting, then voting is expressive. If the perceived probability of being pivotal is non …

We develop and test a theory of voting and turnout decisions that integrates self-interest, social preferences, and … strongly influence participation and voting. However, social or expressive motives, such as stated altruism, environmental … pocketbook benefits do not explain voting, then voting is expressive. If the perceived probability of being pivotal is non …

Why do tax rates vary so much across countries? We study the role of altruism and ethnic fragmentation in …. Social identification directs voters' altruism toward specific social groups. We identify three main factors that lead to low … levels of redistribution and tax rates in the political equilibrium: (i) in-group altruism of the rich voters|which we refer …

exhibit envy and altruism, in addition to the standard concern for own utility. We give sufficient conditions for the …

Who will vote quadratically in large-N elections under quadratic voting (QV)? First, who will vote? Although the core … QV literature assumes that everyone votes, turnout is endogenous. Drawing on other work, we consider the … representativeness of endogenously determined turnout under QV. Second, who will vote quadratically? Conditional on turning out, we …

In this paper we analyze the consequences of the fairness recommendation of the Venice Commission in allocating voting …

probability before the election (Maskin and Tirole's "feedback" case). In the three-period case, with two elections, the dynamic …

. The results show that realized investment ratios decreased in years when state elections occurred relative to the average … develop better before state elections and worse after state elections. The second part of this dissertation investigates how … politicians who vote against the party line in roll-call votes. The results do not show that parties account for the voting …

studies strategic voting when voters have pure common values but may be ambiguity averse -- exhibit Ellsberg-type behavior …