Participation quorum when voting is costly

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11640%2F22%3A00558886" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11640/22:00558886 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/25840886:_____/21:N0000041

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102126" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102126</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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Participation quorum when voting is costly

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Participation quorum when voting is costly

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GJ19-18741Y" target="_blank" >GJ19-18741Y: Efektivnost volebních politik při nákladné volbě</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

European Journal of Political Economy

ISSN

0176-2680

e-ISSN

1873-5703

Svazek periodika

73

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

June

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

102126

Kód UT WoS článku

000816255300007

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85116754363