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Compulsory Voting And Government Spending

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Francis O'Toole
Eric Strobl

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In a recent issue of Economics and Politics Crain and Leonard (1993) described the effects of compulsory voting on government spending. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, problems in Crain and Leonard's approach are identified. Their use of the median-voter model appears inconsistent and their choice of government consumption rather than government expenditure is questionable. Second, this paper begins an analysis of the composition of government expenditure. Cross-country data tentatively suggests that non-voters benefit relative to voters from government expenditure on health, housing and transfer payments while voters benefit from government expenditure on defense and economic services.

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Paper provided by Trinity College Dublin, Department of Economics in its series Economics Technical Papers with number 944.

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D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Models of Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
H30 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - General

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  1. Bardhan, Pranab & Roemer, John E, 1992. "Market Socialism: A Case for Rejuvenation," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 6(3), pages 101-16, Summer. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Alberto Chong & Mauricio Olivera, 2005. "Votación obligatoria y desigualdad del ingreso en una muestra representativa de países," RES Working Papers 4414, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department. [Downloadable!]
  2. Alberto Chong & Mauricio Olivera, 2005. "On Compulsory Voting and Income Inequality in a Cross-Section of Countries," RES Working Papers 4413, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department. [Downloadable!]
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