Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP220102533

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP220102533

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Voter behaviour and polarisation: The role of social preferences. This project aims to investigate how peer pressure and other social concerns affect voter participation, vote choice, and political polarisation. It will marry behavioural experimental economics with political economics and make use of complementary experimental methods that will allow for the study of carefully controlled elections, followed by a large-scale real-world test of the results. Expected outcomes include improved understanding of how social media and other social factors, and political institutions such as compulsory voting, distort election representation and outcomes. Major benefits include the ability to advise policies to reduce polarisation and improve political institutions to ensure they reflect true societal preferences.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-08-2022

End Date: 25-02-2026

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $221,910.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Experimental Economics | Applied Economics |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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

Other Keywords

Applied Economics | Expanding Knowledge in Economics | Experimental Economics | Political Systems | Preference, Behaviour and Welfare

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