Conformity, information and truthful voting
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Keywords
Issue-Silence; truthful voting; conformity; information; experimental evidence.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
- D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2016-03-29 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-GTH-2016-03-29 (Game Theory)
- NEP-MIC-2016-03-29 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-POL-2016-03-29 (Positive Political Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2016-03-29 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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