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Microeconomics
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Why People Vote: Ethical Motives and Social Incentives
蝌蚪网 Journal: Microeconomics
(pp. 73–98)
Abstract
Some individuals vote because they are motivated by a civic duty to do so, whereas others may vote because they wish to appear prosocial to others. This paper proposes a simple framework that captures these motivations, and provides results consistent with findings on turnout, e.g., that turnout is responsive to the expected closeness and importance of an election, to the observability of one's choice to vote, and to social rewards and punishments associated with voting. We study various extensions of this framework in which community monitoring plays a role, and explore the implications that voter mobilization has for electoral competition. (JEL D03, D72)Citation
Ali, S. Nageeb, and Charles Lin. 2013. "Why People Vote: Ethical Motives and Social Incentives." 蝌蚪网 Journal: Microeconomics 5 (2): 73–98. DOI: 10.1257/mic.5.2.73Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior