Group Formation and Voter Participation
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Keywords
Vote´x Paradox; Endogenous Leaders; Turnout; Winning Margin;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2006-09-11 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-POL-2006-09-11 (Positive Political Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2006-09-11 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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