The Democracy of the Future: Do Voters Want It?

Peter Brouwer and Klaas Staal ()
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Klaas Staal: Karlstad University

Homo Oeconomicus: Journal of Behavioral and Institutional Economics, 2018, vol. 35, issue 1, No 11, 133-141

Abstract: Abstract Frey (Homo Oeconomicus 34(1):1–9, 2017) makes several proposals to reform and extend democracy. In this contribution, we first consider the desirability of these proposals from the point of view of a rational self-interested individual. We then conduct a questionnaire to quantify the actual support among voters. It turns out that many proposals lack support in both cases. We conclude that in making such proposals, one has to take into account not only pre-existing democratic institutions but also the support such proposals can expect from rational self-interested individuals.

Keywords: Direct democracy; Voting weights; Referendums; Random decisions; Elections (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D02 D70 D72 H10 Z18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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