全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Do Voters Vote Sincerely?

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来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w12922
来源ID	Working Paper 12922
	Do Voters Vote Sincerely?
	Arianna Degan; Antonio Merlo
发表日期	2007-02-21
出版年	2007
语种	英语
摘要	In this paper we address the following question: To what extent is the hypothesis that voters vote sincerely testable or falsifiable? We show that using data only on how individuals vote in a single election, the hypothesis that voters vote sincerely is irrefutable, regardless of the number of candidates competing in the election. On the other hand, using data on how the same individuals vote in multiple elections, the hypothesis that voters vote sincerely is potentially falsifiable, and we provide general conditions under which the hypothesis can be tested. We then consider an application of our theoretical framework and assess whether the behavior of voters is consistent with sincere voting in U.S. national elections in the post-war period. We find that by and large sincere voting can explain virtually all of the individual-level observations on voting behavior in presidential and congressional U.S. elections in the data.
主题	Econometrics ; Estimation Methods ; Microeconomics ; Mathematical Tools ; Welfare and Collective Choice
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w12922
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/570588
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Arianna Degan,Antonio Merlo. Do Voters Vote Sincerely?. 2007.

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