A Behavioral Theory of Elections

by Jonathan Bendor, Daniel Diermeier, David A. Siegel, et al.

Most theories of elections assume that voters and political actors are fully rational. While these formulations produce many insights, they also generate anomalies--most famously, about turnout. The rise of behavioral economics has posed new challenges to the premise of rationality. This groundbreaking book provides a behavioral theory of elections based on the notion that all actors--politicians as well as voters--are only boundedly rational...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069113507X
• ISBN13: 9780691135076
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"