Chapter 18

1. All other things being equal, voter turnout should increase as the cost of casting an informed vote

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decreases.

2. The cost in time of voting, transportation costs to and from the polling place, and any additional time and

effort spent becoming informed about the candidates.

3. The costs of organization and the small benefit to the individual.

4. Domestic cotton producers would lobby heavily to protect themselves from the competition, whereas the

consumers have little incentive to organize.

5. True. This is exactly what occurs in a voting cycle. That is, the majority can prefer policy A to policy B,

policy B to policy C, but also prefer policy C to policy A. Then, the majority will never reach a conclusive

outcome.

6. The problem is an example of a voting cycle. The group will vote for mountain biking over canoeing by

2–1. It will vote for canoeing over the beach by 2–1. If mountain biking is preferred to canoeing and
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