Joseph McMurray
Biographic Data
| ID | 5805808 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph McMurray |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | McMurray |
| SIGNATURE | MCMURRAY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brigham Young University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Marginal Voter’s Curse
The swing voter’s curse is useful for explaining patterns of voter participation, but arises because voters restrict attention to the rare event of a pivotal vote. Recent empirical evidence suggests that electoral margins influence policy outcomes, even away from the 50% threshold. If so, voters should also pay attention to the marginal impact of a vote. Adopting this assumption, we find that a marginal voter’s curse gives voters a new reason to …
The paradox of information and voter turnout
The paradox of information and voter turnout
The Marginal Voter’s Curse
The swing voter’s curse is useful for explaining patterns of voter participation, but arises because voters restrict attention to the rare event of a pivotal vote. Recent empirical evidence suggests that electoral margins influence policy outcomes, even away from the 50% threshold. If so, voters should also pay attention to the marginal impact of a vote. Adopting this assumption, we find that a marginal voter’s curse gives voters a new reason to …
Bullet voting (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Microeconomics (2 works) · Outcome (game theory (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Public economics (2 works) · Voting (2 works)