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Does voter turnout affect the votes for the incumbent government
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Martins, Rodrigo Veiga, Francisco José |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | This paper analyzes the effects of voter turnout on the vote shares received by the incumbent government. A system of simultaneous equations is estimated using a panel dataset of 278 Portuguese municipalities, for the period 1979-2005, covering 10 legislative elections. The results indicate that right-wing governments have lower vote shares when turnout is higher, while left-wing ones seem to be unaffected. There is also evidence of the responsibility hypothesis, that turnout is higher in closer elections, and that regional/local economic variables have non-linear effects on turnout. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2014.09.001 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/25134/1/NIPE_WP_15_2013.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://gemf.fe.uc.pt/workingpapers/pdf/2013/gemf_2013-20.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2014.09.001 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
