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When voters vote, their choices are influenced by what they know about candidates. What is not known is similarly influential. What voters know and do not know depends on how much it costs to become informed politically. Individuals take into consideration the costs of political information in political transactions, just as in the market.
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Crain, W.M., Goff, B.L. (1988). Political Information Technology and Public Choice: Background. In: Televised Legislatures: Political Information Technology and Public Choice. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2671-4_2
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