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What are the best quorum rules? A laboratory investigation

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dc.contributor.authorAguiar-Conraria, Luis
dc.contributor.authorMagalhães, Pedro C.
dc.contributor.authorVanberg, Christoph A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-25T13:33:58Z
dc.date.available2020-05-25T13:33:58Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractMany political systems with direct democracy mechanisms have adopted rules preventing decisions from being made by simple majority rule. The device added most commonly to majority rule in national referendums is a quorum requirement. The two most common are participation and approval quorums. Such rules are responses to three major concerns: the legitimacy of the referendum outcome, its representativeness, and protection of minorities regarding issues that should demand a broad consensus. Guided by a pivotal voter model, we conduct a laboratory experiment to investigate the performances of different quorums in attaining such goals. We introduce two main innovations in relation to previous work on the topic. First, part of the electorate goes to the polls out of a sense of civic duty. Second, we test the performances of a different quorum, the rejection quorum, recently proposed in the literature. We conclude that, depending on the preferred criterion, either the approval or the rejection quorum is the best.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationAguiar-Conraria, L., Magalhães, P.C., Vanberg, C.A. (2019). What are the best quorum rules? A laboratory investigation. Public Choice, ,Vol. 185, pp.215-231 (Published 31 October 2019). DOI 10.1007/s11127-019-00749-6pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11127-019-00749-6pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn0048-5829
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/43689
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherSpringerpt_PT
dc.relationEconomic Policies Research Unit
dc.relationInstitute of Social Sciences - University of Lisbon
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-019-00749-6pt_PT
dc.subjectElection designpt_PT
dc.subjectParticipation quorumpt_PT
dc.subjectApproval quorumpt_PT
dc.subjectLaboratory experimentpt_PT
dc.titleWhat are the best quorum rules? A laboratory investigationpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleEconomic Policies Research Unit
oaire.awardTitleInstitute of Social Sciences - University of Lisbon
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oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/PTDC%2FIVC-CPO%2F4925%2F2014/PT
oaire.citation.titlePublic Choicept_PT
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person.familyNameAguiar-Conraria
person.familyNameMiguel Dias Costa Coutinho Magalhães
person.givenNameLuis
person.givenNamePedro
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