GET OUT THE (COSTLY) VOTE: INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN FOR GREATER PARTICIPATION

We examine two commonly discussed institutions inducing turnout: abstention penalties ( used in 32 countries) and lotteries rewarding one randomly chosen participant ( as proposed on the 2006 Arizona ballot). We analyze a benchmark model in which voters vary in their information quality and particip...

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Main Authors: Gerardi, Dino, McConnell, Margaret A., Romero, Julian, Yariv, Leeat
Other Authors: University of Arizona
Language:en
Published: WILEY-BLACKWELL 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/621936
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/621936