Abstract
The 2008 state elections in the German state of Hesse were expected to be extremely close. However, nobody expected that forming a new governmentwould reveal itself to be impossible and, after long months of unsuccessful attempts, new elections would have to be called for almost exactly 1 year later.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Alós-Ferrer, C. (2006). A simple characterization of approval voting. Social Choice and Welfare, 27(3), 621–625.
Alós-Ferrer, C., & Granić, Ð.-G. (2010). Two field experiments on approval voting in Germany. mimeo.
Brams, S. J., & Fishburn, P. C. (1978). Approval voting. American Political Science Review, 72, 831–847.
Brams, S. J., & Fishburn, P. C. (2005). Going from theory to practice: the mixed success of approval voting. Social Choice and Welfare, 25, 457–474.
Fishburn, P. C. (1978a). Axioms for approval voting: direct proof. Journal of Economic Theory, 19, 180–185.
Fishburn, P. C. (1978b). Symmetric and consistent aggregation with dichotomous voting. In J.-J. Laffont (Ed.), Aggregation and revelation of preferences. Amsterdam: North Holland.
Laslier, J.-F (2006) Spatial approval voting. Political Analysis, 14(2), 160–185.
Laslier, J.-F., & Van der Straeten, K. (2004). Une expérience de vote par assentiment lors de l’élection présidentielle de 2002. Revue Française de Science Politique, 54, 99–130.
Laslier, J.-F., & Van der Straeten, K. (2008). A live experiment on approval voting. Experimental Economics, 11, 97–105.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Alós–Ferrer, C., Granić, ÐG. (2010). Approval Voting in Germany: Description of a Field Experiment. In: Laslier, JF., Sanver, M. (eds) Handbook on Approval Voting. Studies in Choice and Welfare. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02839-7_16
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02839-7_16
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-02838-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-02839-7
eBook Packages: Business and EconomicsEconomics and Finance (R0)