Motives behind voting and the perception of the motives:
Paradox of voting in Bosnia and Herzegovina

KRAJINA, Anida and Jakub PROCHÁZKA. Motives behind voting and the perception of the motives: Paradox of voting in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Eurasian Economic Review. New York: Springer, 2018, vol. 8, No 3, p. 451-483. ISSN 1309-422X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40822-017-0087-8.

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AU  - Krajina, Anida - Procházka, Jakub
PY  - 2018
TI  - Motives behind voting and the perception of the motives: Paradox of voting in Bosnia and Herzegovina
JF  - Eurasian Economic Review
VL  - 8
IS  - 3
SP  - 451-483
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PB  - Springer
SN  - 1309422X
KW  - Expressive voting
KW  - Elections
KW  - Economic Development
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L2  - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40822-017-0087-8
N2  - The prosperity of developing countries highly depends on the voting outcomes, as they represent the key to economic and social progress. However, there is limited evidence on what motivates people to vote. Moreover, their reasons for voting go beyond material self-interest, which is the conventional assumption. As the expected benefit from voting is rather small compared to the time cost and effort, there has been a need for better understanding of the phenomenon. Thus, the theory of expressive voting provides an alternative to the rational voter hypothesis. Due to its complex political system, Bosnia and Herzegovina is an interesting example of a developing country, which is why it was chosen for this study. The latest local elections were organized in 2016 and the present paper examines the perception of voters and tries to answer the question of why people voted the way they did, and why they think others voted as they did. A convenient sample of 406 citizens from Bosnia and Herzegovina completed the survey. Although there is little chance that one vote would influence the election, the strongest reason for voting was to affect the results. The reasons “it is a democratic obligation to vote” and “to express the political view by voting” were also mostly considered as important or very important. People perceived not voting as unethical. This perception was stronger among left-wing voters. The results also showed that people generally believe that they vote less selfishly than others. The majority of the respondents considered selfish voting as unethical or very unethical. The study also describes the influence of sociodemographic variables on the reasons and motives for voting and on the perception of selfish voting and not voting. The method was replicated from a study conducted in Sweden by Carlsson and Johansson-Stenman (2010). The results of both studies are compared.
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Original name	Motives behind voting and the perception of the motives: Paradox of voting in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Authors	KRAJINA, Anida (70 Bosnia and Herzegovina, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Jakub PROCHÁZKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition	Eurasian Economic Review, New York, Springer, 2018, 1309-422X.

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Original language	English
Type of outcome	Article in a journal
Field of Study	50204 Business and management
Country of publisher	United States of America
Confidentiality degree	is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW	On-line article
RIV identification code	RIV/00216224:14560/18:00102142
Organization unit	Faculty of Economics and Administration
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40822-017-0087-8
UT WoS	000450923200006
Keywords in English	Expressive voting; Elections; Economic Development
Tags	International impact, Reviewed
Changed by	Changed by: Mgr. Pavlína Kurková, učo 368752. Changed: 14/10/2022 11:18.

Abstract

The prosperity of developing countries highly depends on the voting outcomes, as they represent the key to economic and social progress. However, there is limited evidence on what motivates people to vote. Moreover, their reasons for voting go beyond material self-interest, which is the conventional assumption. As the expected benefit from voting is rather small compared to the time cost and effort, there has been a need for better understanding of the phenomenon. Thus, the theory of expressive voting provides an alternative to the rational voter hypothesis. Due to its complex political system, Bosnia and Herzegovina is an interesting example of a developing country, which is why it was chosen for this study. The latest local elections were organized in 2016 and the present paper examines the perception of voters and tries to answer the question of why people voted the way they did, and why they think others voted as they did. A convenient sample of 406 citizens from Bosnia and Herzegovina completed the survey. Although there is little chance that one vote would influence the election, the strongest reason for voting was to affect the results. The reasons “it is a democratic obligation to vote” and “to express the political view by voting” were also mostly considered as important or very important. People perceived not voting as unethical. This perception was stronger among left-wing voters. The results also showed that people generally believe that they vote less selfishly than others. The majority of the respondents considered selfish voting as unethical or very unethical. The study also describes the influence of sociodemographic variables on the reasons and motives for voting and on the perception of selfish voting and not voting. The method was replicated from a study conducted in Sweden by Carlsson and Johansson-Stenman (2010). The results of both studies are compared.

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