Turnout in concurrent elections : evidence from two quasi-experiments in Italy
| Autor: | Enrico Cantoni, Ludovica Gazze, Jerome Schafer |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Cantoni Enrico, Gazzè Ludovica, Schafer Jerome |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Regression discontinuity design
Economics and Econometrics Parliament media_common.quotation_subject Concurrency 05 social sciences Turnout 0506 political science Politics Italy Concurrent election Voting Political science health services administration 0502 economics and business Political Science and International Relations 050602 political science & public administration Survey data collection Demographic economics 050207 economics health care economics and organizations media_common Social capital |
| ISSN: | 0176-2680 |
| Popis: | We study the effects of different types of concurrent elections using individual-level administrative and survey data from Italy. Exploiting different voting ages for the two Houses of Parliament in a voter-level Regression Discontinuity Design, we find no effect of Senate voting eligibility on voter turnout or information acquisition. We also estimate city-level Differences-in-Differences showing that concurrent high-salience municipal elections increase turnout in lower-salience provincial and European elections, but not vice-versa. These concurrency effects are concentrated in municipalities in the South of Italy, possibly due to weaker political parties and lower levels of social capital. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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