Impact of Information Concerning the Popularity of Candidates on Loss-Averse Voters’ Abstention
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Keywords
Abstention; Expectations-based reference-dependent preferences; Loss aversion; Signal; Voting;All these keywords.
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- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
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