RATIONAL-IRRATIONAL ELECTORAL PREFERENCES, ALTRUISM AND EXPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR
Caplan (2000, 2001, 2006) proposed the rational-irrationality model arguing that irrationality is a good as any other, whose consumption is maximized in relation to its costs and benefits. Applying this model to the problem of electoral behavior Caplan implies that voters ‘afford’ many irrational be...
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| Language: | English |
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CEOs Ltd.
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Innovative Issues and Approaches in Social Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.iiass.com/pdf/IIASS-2015-no1-art01.pdf |