Time to vote?

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dc.contributor.authorGibson, John
dc.contributor.authorKim, Bonggeun
dc.contributor.authorStillman, Steven
dc.contributor.authorBoe-Gibson, Geua
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-23T02:34:33Z
dc.date.available2012-05-23T02:34:33Z
dc.date.copyright2012-01-03
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractDespite the centrality of voting costs to the paradox of voting, little effort has been made to measure these costs accurately, outside of a few spatially limited case studies. In this paper, we apply Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools to validated national election survey data from New Zealand. We calculate distance and travel time by road from the place of residence to the nearest polling place and combine our time estimate with imputed wages for all sample members. Using this new measure of the opportunity cost of voting to predict turnout at the individual level, we find that small increases in the opportunity costs of time can have large effects in reducing voter turnout.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationGibson, J., Kim, B., Stillman, S. & Boe-Gibson, G. (2012). Time to vote? Public Choice, 156(3-4), 517-536.en_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11127-011-9909-5en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/6354
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringeren_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfPublic Choiceen_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofPublic Choice
dc.relation.urihttp://www.springerlink.com/content/nrm21441l3455210/en_NZ
dc.subjectopportunity costen_NZ
dc.subjectparadox of votingen_NZ
dc.subjecttravel timeen_NZ
dc.titleTime to vote?en_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
pubs.begin-page517en_NZ
pubs.elements-id36982
pubs.end-page536en_NZ
pubs.issue3-4en_NZ
pubs.volume156en_NZ
uow.identifier.article-no5854en_NZ
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