Preference Identification and Political Participation in Alternative Voting Systems

dc.contributor.advisorSmith, Daniel J
dc.contributor.authorSuggs, Emilia Jane
dc.contributor.committeememberRennhoff, Adam
dc.contributor.committeememberSprick Schuster, Steven
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-20T01:01:46Z
dc.date.available2021-04-20T01:01:46Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2021-04-20T01:01:47Z
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this dissertation is to explore how modifying the structure of voting systems and procedures can identify and change people’s political behavior. By changing the voting rules or election structures faced by individual political agents, we ultimately change the incentive structures that underlie their decision making and should expect changes in political outcomes. The study examines two types of institutional changes and their associated effects on the behavior of political agents. The first study examines the formation of alternative voting rules and their use as a measure of voter preferences. The study defines the rules of a two-stage multivoting system and evaluates the performance of this system against traditional voting mechanism using experimental data gathered from college students. In the second part, the study examines the political entry decisions of political party candidates in state assembly general elections. Two approaches to political entry are presented: the first assumes that the probability of observing a candidate of a specific political party is dependent upon characteristics about a district’s election and demographic characteristics, while the other assumes candidates make election choices based on the expected payoff they receive by participating in elections.
dc.description.degreePh.D.
dc.identifier.urihttps://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/6410
dc.language.rfc3066en
dc.publisherMiddle Tennessee State University
dc.source.urihttp://dissertations.umi.com/mtsu:11404
dc.subjectAlternative voting systems
dc.subjectPolitical competition
dc.subjectPreference intensities
dc.subjectState assembly elections
dc.subjectTwo-stage multivoting
dc.subjectEconomic theory
dc.subjectPolitical science
dc.thesis.degreeleveldoctoral
dc.titlePreference Identification and Political Participation in Alternative Voting Systems

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