Is civic duty the solution to the paradox ...
Type de document :
Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage
Titre :
Is civic duty the solution to the paradox of voting?
Auteur(s) :
François, Abel [Auteur]
Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]
Gergaud, Olivier [Auteur]
Kedge Business School [Talence]
Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]
Gergaud, Olivier [Auteur]
Kedge Business School [Talence]
Titre de la revue :
Public choice
Pagination :
257-283
Éditeur :
Springer Verlag
Date de publication :
2019-09
ISSN :
0048-5829
Discipline(s) HAL :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
Résumé en anglais : [en]
Although sense of civic duty is seen by many scholars as the most obvious solution to the paradox of voting, very few empirical studies provide clear evidence on that motive. We use blood donation to build proxies, focusing ...
Lire la suite >Although sense of civic duty is seen by many scholars as the most obvious solution to the paradox of voting, very few empirical studies provide clear evidence on that motive. We use blood donation to build proxies, focusing only on intrinsic motivations, and then introduce such measures into electoral turnout regressions. Our results show that civic duty has a strong influence on voter turnout rates, confirming that the satisfaction voters receive from voting matters regardless of election outcomes. The results are even stronger when we incorporate the number of plasma and platelet donations, which take more time and require stronger commitments from donors.Lire moins >
Lire la suite >Although sense of civic duty is seen by many scholars as the most obvious solution to the paradox of voting, very few empirical studies provide clear evidence on that motive. We use blood donation to build proxies, focusing only on intrinsic motivations, and then introduce such measures into electoral turnout regressions. Our results show that civic duty has a strong influence on voter turnout rates, confirming that the satisfaction voters receive from voting matters regardless of election outcomes. The results are even stronger when we incorporate the number of plasma and platelet donations, which take more time and require stronger commitments from donors.Lire moins >
Langue :
Anglais
Vulgarisation :
Non
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