On expressive voting: Evidence from the 1988 U.S. presidential election
On expressive voting: Evidence from the 1988 U.S. presidential election
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论表达性投票：来自 1988 年美国总统选举的证据
DOI：
10.1023/a:1017556626815
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发表时间：
2001
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通讯作者：
C. C. Yang
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作者：
Kamhon Kan;C. C. Yang
人们投票只是因为他们想为他们喜欢或不喜欢的候选人“欢呼”或“嘘声”。这种表达性投票行为与工具性投票行为形成鲜明对比，即，人们投票是因为他们认为投票是实现特定选举结果的一种手段。在本文中，我们报告了一项关于投票行为的计量经济学研究，该研究使用了1988年美国全国选举研究的数据。结果表明，“欢呼”和“嘘声”效应在统计上是显著的，它们对投票率和选民选择都有实质性的影响。我们还获得了反对人们投票是因为他们认为自己对选举结果具有潜在的决定性作用的证据。
People turn out to cast their votes simply because they want to ``cheer'' or ``boo'' their favored or unfavored candidates. This expressive voting behavior is in marked contrast to the instrumental voting behavior, i.e., people vote because they perceive voting as a means of achieving a particular election outcome. In this paper we report an econometric study on voting behavior that uses data from the 1988 American National Election Study. The results reveal that the ``cheering'' and ``booing'' effects are statistically significant, and that they exert substantial influence on bothturnout and voter choice. We also obtain evidence against theproposition that people turn out to vote because they considerthemselves to be potentially decisive with regard to the electionoutcome.