Economics 1st Edition by Dean Karlan,Jonathan Morduch

Exercise 9

According to the rational voter theory, will the following increase or decrease voter turnout?
a. Electronic voting machines make the process of casting a ballot faster and less complicated.
b. 24-hour news networks emphasize how close they expect the election to be, with only a few thousand votes deciding the outcome.
c. The number of polling stations increases.
d. Pollsters predict a landslide victory for the incumbent candidate a few days before the election.