Expressive voting

Geoffrey Brennan, Michael Brooks

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Abstract

There is now a considerable literature operating (one way or another) under the rubrics of 'expressive voting' and expressive political activity more generally. Some of the relevant ideas are to be found in early contributions by mainstream public choice scholars - such as Buchanan (1954b), Downs (1957) and Tullock (1971a) - but the contributions that make the expressive idea a centerpiece of the 'rational actor' approach to political behavior are of more recent origin. Notable examples include Goodin and Roberts (1975), Brennan and Buchanan (1984), Kliemt (1986), Brennan and Lomasky (1993), Schuessler (2000a, 2000b) and Brennan and Hamlin (1998); for more recent attempts, see Brennan (2008b), Hamlin and Jennings (2009) and Hillman (2010).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition
PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Pages111-126
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9781849806039
ISBN (Print)9781849802857
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2013
Externally publishedYes

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