This dissertation consists of three self-contained essays in microeconomic theory. The first chapter examines how pre-election polls affect the election outcome through the voters’ participation decision and studies the ...

This thesis consists of two parts. The first part consists of two chapters. The second part has one chapter.
How does the information of citizens shape the democratic process? This is the question asked in the ...

This dissertation consists of three essays in microeconomic theory on the topic of how individual decisions shape a large collective and how in return the large collective affects the individual behavior. Chapter 1, Voting ...