Buying Voters: The Effect of Financial Incentives on Intentions to Vote
31 Pages Posted: 27 Aug 2013
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Buying Voters: the Effect of Financial Incentives on Intentions to Vote
Date Written: 2013
Abstract
This paper explores whether voters will respond to tangible rewards in exchange for voting. First, we use an experimental design with data from the 2011 Cooperative Congressional Election Study to demonstrate that lotteries have the potential to boost turnout significantly for under-represented groups. Second, we analyze observational data from the 2008 election to demonstrate that the small tangible reward of free coffee had a small but statistically significant impact on turnout.
Keywords: Turnout, Social Incentives, Voting, Prospect Theory, Representation
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