Vote for Charity's Sake

Aaron S. Edlin, Andrew Gelman and Noah Kaplan
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Aaron S. Edlin: University of California, Berkeley
Andrew Gelman: Department of Statistics, Columbia University
Noah Kaplan: University of Houston

The Economists' Voice, 2008, vol. 5, issue 6

Abstract: In a battleground state like Colorado or New Mexico, voting in the presidential election may be equivalent to giving $30,000 - $50,000 to others in expected value, and as such is an extremely efficient form of charity, according to Aaron Edlin, Andrew Gelman and Noah Kaplan.

Keywords: election; voting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008

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