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SOCIAL NETWORKS AND THE PARADOX OF VOTING


Category: Economic Theory
Voting I
Monday 26th August 2002, 09:30 - 11:00, Room: 5.6
Session Chair(s): Joćo Amaro de Matos, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PORTUGAL

Presenter(s): Amaro de Matos, Joćo

Co-Author(s): Barros, Pedro

Keyword(s): Social networks, Voting paradox

JEL(s): D72

Abstract:

People vote although their marginal gain from voting is zero. We contribute to the resolution of this paradox by presenting a model for equilibrium configuration of voting attitudes. Each individual is seen as an element of a social network, within which pairs of individuals express ideas and attitudes, exerting mutual influence. We model the role of such networks in propagating the mutual influence across pairs of individuals. We show that it suffices that a small set of individuals have a strong feeling about voting to generate a significant turnout in elections.


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