Votes for excluded minorities and the voting behavior of the existing majority: A laboratory experiment
Votes for excluded minorities and the voting behavior of the existing majority: A laboratory experiment
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被排除在外的少数群体的投票和现有多数群体的投票行为:实验室实验
DOI:
10.1016/j.jebo.2023.03.014
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
Tamura
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作者:
Hizen;Kamijo;Tamura
When voting rights are extended, people pay attention to the behavior of new voters. However, the reactions of existing voters are also crucial for voting outcomes after enfranchisement. This study conducts a laboratory experiment to compare the effects of extending voting rights to minorities who did not initially have the right to vote and granting proxy votes to the existing majority who vote on behalf of the minorities. We observe that enfranchising excluded minorities increases the proportion of votes in favor of minorities. However, the realized proportion is not as large as expected. Proxy voting does not increase this proportion. Behind such aggregate outcomes, some existing majorities alter their vote choices to protect their payoffs in response to changes in voting rules. Electoral reforms that do not consider such a response but rely on the altruism of the existing majority are unlikely to succeed in reflecting minorities’ interests.
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发表时间:
2009
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影响因子:
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作者:
Toke S. Aidt;M. Daunton;J. Dutta
通讯作者:
J. Dutta
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.888187
发表时间:
2006-02
期刊:
MIT Economics Department Working Paper Series
影响因子:
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作者:
D. Acemoglu;James A. Robinson
通讯作者:
D. Acemoglu;James A. Robinson
影响因子:
1.2
作者:
J. Eichhorn;Johannes Bergh
通讯作者:
Johannes Bergh
影响因子:
5
作者:
S. Huntington
通讯作者:
S. Huntington
影响因子:
0.8
作者:
S. Wolf;Nils Goldschmidt;T. Petersen
通讯作者:
T. Petersen