Detecting and Correcting Election Fraud

Daniel Sutter ()
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Daniel Sutter: Department of Economics, University of Oklahoma

Eastern Economic Journal, 2003, vol. 29, issue 3, 433-451

Abstract: I examine the provision of free and fair elections using a decision-theoretic model in which election observers provide a noisy information signal concerning fraud. Monitoring an election is not always worth the cost and so democracy is not always sustainable. A strong preference for fair elections can paradoxically make elections more difficult to monitor. Since fair elections are a public good, municipal election fraud result from Tiebout provision of this local public good. I offer several suggestions for organizations interested in facilitating the diffusion of democracy.

Keywords: Democracy; Election (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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