The grass is not greener on the other side: the role of attention in voting behavior

Kód výsledku v 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>

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The grass is not greener on the other side: the role of attention in voting behavior

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The grass is not greener on the other side: the role of attention in voting behavior

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

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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/GF20-18033L" target="_blank" >GF20-18033L: Efekty (dez)integrací na rakousko-české hranici</a><br>

Návaznosti

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

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

PUBLIC CHOICE

ISSN

0048-5829

e-ISSN

1573-7101

Svazek periodika

194

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1-2

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

19

Strana od-do

205-223

Kód UT WoS článku

000897481100001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85143626060