Theory and Evidence on the Role of Social Norms in Voting

Theory and Evidence on the Role of Social Norms in Voting
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Download or read book Theory and Evidence on the Role of Social Norms in Voting written by Patricia Funk and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper investigates social norms and voting behavior. I argue that social norms create incentives for signaling, i.e., voting for the purpose of being seen at the voting act. Empirical evidence on signaling can be gained by looking at the introduction of optional postal voting in Switzerland. Even though the possibility of mail voting reduced voting costs substantially, it didn't increase turnout. Consistent with my model's predictions, voter turnout decreased more in the smaller communities, but in the meantime, the share of cooperators (= interested voters) was more positively affected there. Therefore, modern voting tools may decrease average turnout, but nevertheless, increase the quality of the voting outcome. Current models predict the opposite, but ignore the effect of different voting systems on the incentive for signaling.


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