Social information and bandwagon behaviour in voting: an economic experiment

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.

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I publikationen:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 05-2010)
Huvudupphovsmän: Bischoff, Ivo, Egbert, Henrik
Materialtyp: Arbeit
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2023
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social information
Wirtschaft
voting motives
economic experiment
bandwagon behaviour
Economics
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Sammanfattning: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.
Fysisk beskrivning:22 Seiten
ISSN:1867-3678
DOI:10.17192/es2024.0035

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