Beyond the Threshold: How Electoral Size-Dependent Uncertainty Affects Majority Determination
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Keywords
voting lottery; majority threshold; risk and ambiguity attitude; theory-driven experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2023-12-04 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-EXP-2023-12-04 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-MAC-2023-12-04 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-POL-2023-12-04 (Positive Political Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2023-12-04 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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