Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/221551 
Year of Publication: 
1996
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 1195
Publisher: 
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science, Evanston, IL
Abstract: 
We analyze a model of a two-candidate election in which voters have asymmetric information and diverse preferences. Voters may costlessly choose to either vote for one of the candidates or abstain. We demonstrate that a strictly positive fraction of the electorate will abstain and, nevertheless, elections effectively aggregate voter's private information. The model also provides an explanation for observed patterns of participation and partisanship.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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