Understanding Voting Behaviour in Complex Political Systems

Athanasios Lapatinas

Mathematical Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 2, issue 3-4, 59-65

Abstract: We suggest in this paper that voting in political systems can be profitably analysed using complex system analysis. We discuss how we can capture the complexity of voting behaviour by applying graph theory in networks and we develop a simplified theoretical model of voting choice adopting the basic heuristics of the behavioural decision theory. We feel that such a complex systems approach provides a superior basis for understanding voting behaviour compared to standard political economy analysis.

Keywords: Voting; Theory; Complex Systems; Behavioural Economics; Model; Graph Theory; Voting; Theory; Complex Systems; Behavioural Economics; Model; Graph Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B00 B41 B59 C02 D03 D72 P40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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