Altruism and Voting: A Large-Turnout Result That Does not Rely on Civic Duty or Cooperative Behavior
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- Evren, Özgür, 2012. "Altruism and voting: A large-turnout result that does not rely on civic duty or cooperative behavior," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 147(6), pages 2124-2157.
- Özgür Evren, 2012. "Altruism and Voting: A Large-Turnout Result That Does not Rely on Civic Duty or Cooperative Behavior," Working Papers w0173, New Economic School (NES).
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Keywords
Altruism; Utilitarianism; Voting; Turnout; Pivotal Voter;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2012-05-22 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-POL-2012-05-22 (Positive Political Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2012-05-22 (Social Norms & Social Capital)
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