Bandwagon Effects in Two-Party Majority Voting

Chew, S. H. and Konrad, Kai A. (1992): Bandwagon Effects in Two-Party Majority Voting. Papers / University of California Irvine, School of Social Sciences, 90-92-14

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. Copyright 1998 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

• Item Type: Paper
• Keywords: voting; economic equilibrium
• Faculties: Economics > Chairs > MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance
• Subjects: 300 Social sciences > 320 Political science
• Language: English