We experimentally study behavior in a simple voting game where players have private information about their preferences …

We use laboratory experiments to test for one of the foundations of the rational voter paradigm - that voters respond … insights. First, voting propensity increases systematically with subjects' predictions of their preferred alternative … Voting …

particular they predict (i) a Polarization Effect: reduced strategic party choice when voting is voluntary makes voters more … likely to vote for extreme parties (conditional on voting at all); (ii) an Extremist Effect: voters supporting extreme … world elections. Hence, the interaction between turnout and strategic voting that has been neglected in most of the previous …

that campaigns influence subsequent behavior, even in the absence of reputational or image concerns. Our lab experiments …

costs of campaigns under approval voting …

The main purpose of this paper is to shed some light on the voting behavior of low-income voters over income … important factor in explaining the counter-intuitive voting behavior of low-income voters over income redistribution. We also …

observed voting behavior can be explained, to a substantial extent, by three behavioral mechanisms: (a) distinct levels of …

opposition voters. These tactics distort voting behaviors as well as election outcomes. Repeated interactions significantly …