Author： Güth W. Weck-Hannemann H.
Publisher： Springer Publishing Company
ISSN： 0048-5829
Source： Public Choice, Vol.91, Iss.1, 1997-03, pp. : 27-47
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Abstract
In almost all democratic national elections an individual vote cannot change the election outcome. The fact that many individuals nevertheless participate voluntarily in such elections suggests that people do care about democracy as such. This experiment investigates the value of democratic voting rights by providing participants the chance to sell them. More specifically, an incentive compatible mechanism is used to elicit the willingness-to-accept value of the voting right in the election of the German Bundestag on 16 October 1994. A postexperimental questionnaire makes it possible to assess the relative importance of answers to the frequently raised question: Why do people vote?
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