Information aggregation and turnout in proportional representation: A laboratory experiment

This paper documents a laboratory experiment that analyzes voter participation in common interest proportional representation (PR) elections, comparing this with majority rule. Consistent with theoretical predictions, poorly informed voters in either system abstain from voting, thereby shifting weig...

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Main Authors: Herrera, H. (Author), Llorente-Saguer, A. (Author), McMurray, J.C (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2019
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