Frank, Marco; Stadelmann, David; Torgler, Benno - 2020
difference-in-difference setting to contrast turnout of the first and second ballot in 2020 with the first and second ballots … from previous elections. The state of emergency led to an increase in turnout of 10 percentage points. This increase in … turnout is robust and there is no relevant heterogeneity of the increase across municipalities. We argue that voting is an act …