Referendum design, quorum rules and turnout

What is the impact of different referenda designs on the willingness of the electorate to vote? In this article, we focus on quorum requirements. We use a rational choice-voting model to demonstrate that certain types of quorum requirements change the incentives each elector faces. In particular, pa...

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Autor principal: Conraria, Luís Aguiar (author)
Outros Autores: Magalhães, Pedro C. (author)
Formato: workingPaper
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2008
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/7721
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/7721