| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP11622 |
| DP11622 Voter Motivation and the Quality of Democratic Choice | |
| Jean-Robert Tyran; Lydia Mechtenberg | |
| 发表日期 | 2016-11-10 |
| 出版年 | 2016 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | The quality of democratic choice critically depends on voter motivation, i.e. on voters’ willingness to cast an informed vote. If voters are motivated, voting may result in smart choices because of information aggregation but if voters remain ignorant, delegating decision making to an expert may yield better outcomes. We experimentally study a common interest situation in which we vary voters’ information cost and the competence of the expert. We find that voters are more motivated to collect information than predicted by standard theory and that voter motivation is higher when subjects demand to make choices by voting than when voting is imposed on subjects. |
| 主题 | Public Economics |
| 关键词 | Voting Experiment Information acquisition Information aggregation |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp11622 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/540436 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Jean-Robert Tyran,Lydia Mechtenberg. DP11622 Voter Motivation and the Quality of Democratic Choice. 2016. |
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