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In Situ and Laboratory Experiments on Electoral Law Reform - French Presidential Elections (Hardcover, 2011 ed.)
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In Situ and Laboratory Experiments on Electoral Law Reform - French Presidential Elections (Hardcover, 2011 ed.)
Series: Studies in Public Choice, 25
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In the modern era, representation is the hallmark of democracy, and
electoral rules structure how representation works and how
effectively governments perform. Moreover, of the key structural
variables in constitutional design, it is the choice of electoral
system that is usually the most open to change. There are three
distinctive approaches to electoral system research. One,
associated largely with economics, involves the study of electoral
system effects through the deductive method, using mathematical
tools to derive theorems about the properties of voting methods and
behaviors. A second, associated largely with political science, has
a primarily empirical focus, and looks in depth at how electoral
rules impact on political outcomes, through large cross-sectional
or case studies. A third, and more recent tradition, inspired
largely by work in experimental economics, involves
experimentation, either in the form of controlled laboratory
experiments or in the form of in situ field studies. This volume
employs the third approach to report on experiments that look at
alternatives to the present two round (majority runoff) system used
for the election of French presidents. This system is of
considerable importance not just because of its use in France but
also because of its wide adoption in presidential elections in new
democracies, such as Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Russia and Ukraine.
The editors have assembled the top experimental economists and
political scientists specializing in French politics to provide
in-depth analysis of the double ballot electoral system, and, more
broadly, of the effect of electoral rules on the number of
candidates, voter strategies, and ideological choice. Ultimately,
the editors and contributors argue that experimental methods have
great potential to inform our understanding of institutional
mechanisms in the context of voting behavior.
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