Martins, Rodrigo; Veiga, Francisco José - Grupo de Estudos Monetários e Financeiros (GEMF), … - 2013
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...