The effect of information on voting behavior and electoral outcomes: An experimental study of direct legislation

Public Choice ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Lupia
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Electoral Outcomes ◽  
Direct Legislation

Local Economic Voting and the Agricultural Boom in Argentina, 2007–2015

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Mangonnet ◽  
María Victoria Murillo ◽  
Julia María Rubio
Keyword(s):  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Economic Voting ◽  
Marginal Effect ◽  
Spatial Econometric ◽  
Agricultural Prices ◽  
Electoral Outcomes ◽  
National Tax ◽  
Agricultural Areas ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis article investigates the effect of local economic conditions on voting behavior by focusing on the export-oriented agricultural areas of Argentina during the commodities boom. It assesses the marginal effect of export wealth on electoral outcomes by studying the impact of soybean production, the main Argentine export product during this period. The combination of rising agricultural prices and a salient national tax on exports allows us to evaluate how wealth and tax policy shape local electoral behavior. This study relies on a spatial econometric analysis of the vote across Argentine departments for the 2007–15 period, along with qualitative evidence from interviews and a descriptive analysis of government appointments.

scholarly journals Civil conflict and voting behavior: Evidence from Colombia

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 601-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Gallego
Keyword(s):  
Political Behavior ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Civil Conflict ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Armed Groups ◽  
Senate Elections ◽  
Electoral Outcomes ◽  
Effects Of Violence ◽  
Instrumental Variables Approach ◽  
Effects Of War

What are the effects of war on political behavior? Colombia is an interesting case in which conflict and elections coexist, and illegal armed groups intentionally affect electoral outcomes. Nonetheless, groups have used different strategies to alter these results. This paper argues that differential effects of violence on electoral outcomes are the result of deliberate strategies followed by illegal groups, which in turn result from military conditions that differ between them. Using panel data from Senate elections from 1994 to 2006 and an instrumental variables approach to address potential endogeneity concerns, this paper shows that guerrilla violence decreases turnout, while paramilitary violence has no effect on participation, but reduces electoral competition and benefits non-traditional third parties. FARC violence is significantly higher during election years, while paramilitary violence is lower. This is consistent with the hypothesis that the guerrillas’ strategy is to sabotage elections, while paramilitaries establish alliances with certain candidates.

An Experimental Study of Jury Voting Behavior

2015 ◽  
pp. 157-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa R. Anderson ◽  
Charles A. Holt ◽  
Katri K. Sieberg ◽  
Allison L. Oldham
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Voting Behavior

Shortcuts Versus Encyclopedias: Information and Voting Behavior in California Insurance Reform Elections

1994 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Lupia
Keyword(s):  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Ballot Initiatives ◽  
Apparent Lack ◽  
Insurance Reform ◽  
Electoral Outcomes ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Electoral Choice ◽  
Information Shortcuts ◽  
Available Information

Voters in mass elections are notorious for their apparent lack of information about relevant political matters. While some scholars argue that an electorate of well-informed voters is necessary for the production of responsive electoral outcomes, others argue that apparently ignorant voters will suffice because they can adapt their behavior to the complexity of electoral choice. To evaluate the validity of these arguments, I develop and analyze a survey of California voters who faced five complicated insurance reform ballot initiatives. I find that access to a particular class of widely available information shortcuts allowed badly informed voters to emulate the behavior of relatively well informed voters. This finding is suggestive of the conditions under which voters who lack encyclopedic information about the content of electoral debates can nevertheless use information shortcuts to vote as though they were well informed.

Bandwagon and Underdog Effects in Minimal-Information Elections

1971 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 434-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel W. Fleitas
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Qualitative Information ◽  
Type Of Behavior ◽  
Minimal Information

This investigation is based on an experimental study of voting behavior in what the author terms a minimal-information election. This type of election is characterized by a dearth of public information about election issues and partisan considerations, so that the campaign is waged primarily on the basis of the voters' attitudes toward the candidates as personalities. In general, the minimal-information election most often characterizes local nonpartisan contests.The experiment examined changes in voting that appeared to result from electioneering strategies designed to elicit “bandwagon” or “underdog” responses. These strategies consisted of presenting the “electorate” with the results of pre-election preferential polls, as well as qualitative information explicitly aimed at arousing the emotions of the voters.The experiment clearly demonstrated that mere poll results are insufficient to impel would-be bandwagon or underdog identifiers to switch their votes. Rather, this type of behavior does not appear until a strong qualitative stimulus sensitizes or cues bandwagon or underdog tendencies among the voters.

Experimental study on the restoration from a tilt-azimuth series for improvement in resolution

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 636-637
Author(s):  
Norio Baba ◽  
Norihiko Ichise ◽  
Syunya Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Spherical Aberration ◽  
Incident Beam ◽  
Optical Parameters ◽  
Beam Tilting ◽  
Illumination Method ◽  
Restoration Method ◽  
Illumination Mode

The tilted beam illumination method is used to improve the resolution comparing with the axial illumination mode. Using this advantage, a restoration method of several tilted beam images covering the full azimuthal range was proposed by Saxton, and experimentally examined. To make this technique more reliable it seems that some practical problems still remain. In this report the restoration was attempted and the problems were considered. In our study, four problems were pointed out for the experiment of the restoration. (1) Accurate beam tilt adjustment to fit the incident beam to the coma-free axis for the symmetrical beam tilting over the full azimuthal range. (2) Accurate measurements of the optical parameters which are necessary to design the restoration filter. Even if the spherical aberration coefficient Cs is known with accuracy and the axial astigmatism is sufficiently compensated, at least the defocus value must be measured. (3) Accurate alignment of the tilt-azimuth series images.

An Experimental Study of Some Properties of Stuttered Words

1962 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Quarrington ◽  
Jerome Conway ◽  
Nathan Siegel
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study
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