Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140102426

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140102426

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Legitimacy and representation: A comprehensive study of electoral systems and strategic voting behaviour. What makes a good electoral system? How can it reflect the preference of the majority while guaranteeing representation to minorities? Should voting be voluntary or mandatory? These are very relevant questions for any democracy, but particularly so for Australia: a country which has always been at the forefront of the electoral debate, that proudly strives to represent with fairness all sectors of its very diverse society and where voting is not only a citizen's right, but also her duty. By approaching these issues in a game theoretic framework, this project proposes to investigate the strategic nature of voting through a comprehensive study of electoral systems. The project will then test our theoretical predictions through a series of laboratory experiments.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 30-06-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $139,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Mathematical Economics | Microeconomic Theory | Economic Theory | Experimental Economics |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in Economics | Electoral Systems | Preference, Behaviour and Welfare

Other Keywords

Economic Theory | Electoral Systems | Expanding Knowledge in Economics | Experimental Economics | Mathematical Economics | Microeconomic Theory | Preference, Behaviour and Welfare

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