کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
883398 912299 2016 12 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Concurrent elections and turnout: Causal estimates from a German quasi-experiment
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
انتخابات همزمان و مشارکت: برآورد علی از شبه آزمایش آلمان
کلمات کلیدی
زمان بندی انتخابات؛ انتخابات همزمان؛ تعداد رای دهندگان؛ دولت های محلی؛ تفاوت در اختلاف رویکرد
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
چکیده انگلیسی


• I estimate the causal effect of concurrent elections on turnout.
• I make use of a quasi-experiment at the German municipality level.
• I use a difference-in-differences approach.
• The results show that combining two low-office elections significantly increases turnout.

Conventional wisdom suggests that scheduling elections concurrently with other contests increases turnout. However, causal empirical evidence in favor of this claim is scarce, at best. Moreover, it is a priori unclear whether theory would predict a higher turnout if two low-office elections are combined instead of a combination of a low-office election and a major electoral race. Using a quasi-experiment and a difference-in-differences estimation approach at the German municipality-level, I provide evidence that combining two low-office elections significantly increases turnout.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization - Volume 126, Part A, June 2016, Pages 167–178
نویسندگان
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