The grass is not greener on the other side: the role of attention in voting behavior
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14560%2F23%3A00134024" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14560/23:00134024 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-022-01030-z" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-022-01030-z</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11127-022-01030-z" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11127-022-01030-z</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The grass is not greener on the other side: the role of attention in voting behavior
Original language description
A lack of information about electoral candidates leads to a ballot order effect that increases the chances of candidates in the top electoral list positions winning voters’ support. The ballot order effect is confounded by the effect of ranking and the effect of attention, which work in the same direction. We exploit a variation in ballot layout (the quasi-random location of the break between the first and second sides of the ballot) in the 2006, 2010, 2013, and 2017 Czech parliamentary open list proportional representation elections to disentangle these effects and identify the effect of attention. We show that being listed on the reverse side of the ballot paper decreases electoral support—measured by number of preferential votes received—by at least 40%. Focusing on preferential votes allows us to filter out the effect of political party preference.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GF20-18033L" target="_blank" >GF20-18033L: Effects of (dis-)integrations at the Austrian-Czech border</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
PUBLIC CHOICE
ISSN
0048-5829
e-ISSN
1573-7101
Volume of the periodical
194
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1-2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
19
Pages from-to
205-223
UT code for WoS article
000897481100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85143626060