Social information and bandwagon behaviour in voting: an economic experiment

We present an economic experiment on the impact of social information on voter behaviour and find strong support for bandwagon behaviour in voting decisions. In total, 418 subjects participated in the experiment. Bandwagon behaviour is found among both male and female subjects.

Sábháilte in:
Sonraí bibleagrafaíochta
Foilsithe in:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 05-2010)
Príomhchruthaitheoirí: Bischoff, Ivo, Egbert, Henrik
Formáid: Arbeit
Teanga:Béarla
Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2023
Ábhair:
Rochtain ar líne:An téacs iomlán mar PDF
Clibeanna: Cuir clib leis
Níl clibeanna ann, Bí ar an gcéad duine le clib a chur leis an taifead seo!
Cur síos
Achoimre:We present an economic experiment on the impact of social information on voter behaviour and find strong support for bandwagon behaviour in voting decisions. In total, 418 subjects participated in the experiment. Bandwagon behaviour is found among both male and female subjects.
Cur síos fisiciúil:22 Seiten
ISSN:1867-3678
DOI:10.17192/es2024.0035