The grass is not greener on the other side: the role of
attention in voting behavior

J 2023

The grass is not greener on the other side: the role of attention in voting behavior

COUFALOVÁ, Lucie a Štěpán MIKULA

Základní údaje

Originální název

The grass is not greener on the other side: the role of attention in voting behavior

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COUFALOVÁ, Lucie a Štěpán MIKULA

Vydání

PUBLIC CHOICE, DORDRECHT (Netherlands), SPRINGER, 2023, 0048-5829

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Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50202 Applied Economics, Econometrics

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

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Impact factor: 1.600

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Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14560/23:00134024

Organizační jednotka

Ekonomicko-správní fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Voting behavior; Attention; Preferential voting; Czech parliamentary elections

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 7. 3. 2023 16:11, Mgr. Pavlína Kurková

Anotace

V originále

A lack of information about electoral candidates leads to a ballot order effect that increases the chances of candidates in the top electoral list positions winning voters’ support. The ballot order effect is confounded by the effect of ranking and the effect of attention, which work in the same direction. We exploit a variation in ballot layout (the quasi-random location of the break between the first and second sides of the ballot) in the 2006, 2010, 2013, and 2017 Czech parliamentary open list proportional representation elections to disentangle these effects and identify the effect of attention. We show that being listed on the reverse side of the ballot paper decreases electoral support—measured by number of preferential votes received—by at least 40%. Focusing on preferential votes allows us to filter out the effect of political party preference.

Návaznosti

GF20-18033L, projekt VaV

Název: Efekty (dez)integrací na rakousko-české hranici

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Effects of (dis-)integrations at the Austrian-Czech border, Partnerská agentura (Rakousko)

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s11127-022-01030-z.pdf

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COUFALOVÁ, Lucie a Štěpán MIKULA. The grass is not greener on the other side: the role of attention in voting behavior. PUBLIC CHOICE. DORDRECHT (Netherlands): SPRINGER, 2023, roč. 194, 1-2, s. 205-223. ISSN 0048-5829. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-022-01030-z.

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COUFALOVÁ, Lucie a Štěpán MIKULA. The grass is not greener on the other side: the role of attention in voting behavior. \textit{PUBLIC CHOICE}. DORDRECHT (Netherlands): SPRINGER, 2023, roč.~194, 1-2, s.~205-223. ISSN~0048-5829. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-022-01030-z.

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