Natvik, Gisle James; Andersen, Jørgen Juel; Fiva, Jon H. - Norges Bank - 2010
expected net benefit from doing so. If this instrumental motive is relevant, then turnout should be higher in elections where … more is at stake. We test this prediction, by studying how turnout is affected by exogenous variation in governments …' financial exibility to provide pork for their voters. By utilizing simultaneous elections for different offices, we identify a …