Participation quorum when voting is costly

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11640/22:00558886
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0176268021001063?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0176268021001063?via%3Dihub</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102126" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102126</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Participation quorum when voting is costly
Original language description
Using a pivotal costly voting model of elections, we study how participation quorum requirements affect voters’ decisions to cast votes, and how they ultimately impact voter and candidate welfare. We solve the model analytically for the case of three voters and then provide numerical solutions for larger numbers of voters, and obtain several consistent results. First, we find that the effect of quorum requirements on voter turnout is non-monotonic and depends on ex-ante support for the candidates. When support for the status-quo is low, a stricter quorum requirement results in higher turnout, while when it is high, the relationship is reversed. Second, we show that a stricter quorum requirement does not necessarily benefit a status quo candidate and can sometimes decrease her chances of winning an election. Third, we characterize optimal quorum requirements from the perspective of voter welfare, and find that, while optimal requirements vary with support for the candidates, too strict and too lenient requirements can be very harmful to voter welfare. Therefore, setting moderate quorum requirements close to half of the number of voters or setting no quorum requirement at all may be reasonable choices.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50200 - Economics and Business

Project
<a href="/en/project/GJ19-18741Y" target="_blank" >GJ19-18741Y: The Efficiency of Electoral Policies under Costly Voting</a><br>
Continuities
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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