Bandwagon Effects and Two-Party Majority Voting

Hong, Chew Soo und Konrad, Kai A. (1998): Bandwagon Effects and Two-Party Majority Voting. In: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Bd. 16, Nr. 2: S. 165-172

Abstract

Empirical studies of voting behavior provide evidence of bandwagon effects. Some voters, believing that a particular candidate will win, vote for this candidate even though they prefer the alternative. This paper provides a non-expected utility explanation of such behavior by positing that voters may be averse to the uncertainty associated with an election.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Publikationsform: Publisher's Version
• Keywords: Bandwagon effect, anxiety, voting
• Fakultät: Volkswirtschaft > Lehrstühle > MPI für Steuerrecht und Öffentliche Finanzen
• Themengebiete: 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Wirtschaft
• JEL Classification: D72, D81
• ISSN: 0895-5646
• Sprache: Englisch