We present an economic experiment on the impact of social information on voter behaviour and find strong support for bandwagon behaviour in voting decisions. In total, 418 subjects participated in the experiment. Bandwagon behaviour is found among both male and female subjects.C90, D72

Henrik Egbert

Ivo Bischoff

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Research Papers in Economics

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Social information and bandwagon behaviour in voting: an economic experiment

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