1st Edition
The Economics of Voting Studies of self-interest, bargaining, duty and rights
By Dan Usher
Copyright 2016
334 Pages
51 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
348 Pages
51 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
348 Pages
51 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The economics of voting is about whether and to what extent self-interest may be relied upon in voting. The central proposition in economics is that the world’s work gets done satisfactorily when each person does what they think is best for themselves. The commonsense view of the matter is that this outcome alone would be chaos.
This book examines voting in four key terms: self-interest,... Read more
I. Introduction II. Voting Patterns III. Voting about the Redistribution of Income IV. How High Might the Revenue-maximizing Tax Rate Be? V. Bargaining and Voting VI. Bargaining Unexplained VII. What Exactly is a Duty to Vote? VIII. An Alternative Explanation of the Chance of Casting a Pivotal Vote IX. The Problem of Equity X. Voting Rights, Property Rights and Civil Rights XI. Assessing the Citizen-candidate Model XII. The Significance of the Probabilistic Voting Theorem
Biography
Dan Usher is Professor Emeritus at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
