In this short note, we use data from different elections in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia between 1975 and … 2010 to show that the social democrats generally profit from higher voter turnout at the expense of the conservatives. We … deal with the endogeneity of voter turnout by using election day rain as an instrumental variable. Our particular …

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 flexibility to provide pork for their voters. By utilizing simultaneous elections for different offices, we identify a …

The question of why some people vote in American national elections and others do not has been the focus of a vast … turnout (Wolfinger and Rosenstone 1980; Teixeira 1987, 1992). A consensus on "why", in the form of theories and evidence on … usual set of factors associated with turnout. We explore one information source by which people may learn about community …

anomaly as the high turnout of 1992. Unfortunately, there are few clues as to what factors peculiar to the 1988 elections led …Various possible explanations for the turnout increase of nearly 6 percentage points in the 1992 U.S. presidential … election as compared to the 1988 election are examined, using both survey and state-level data. The turnout impact of Perot …

elections, providing a unique opportunity to examine its impact on turnout inequality across demographic groups. The adoption of …Many researchers blame voter registration requirements for inequalities in turnout rates across various groups in … EDR is found to be associated with large and significant improvements in the turnout rates of young persons relative to …

The June 1999 elections to the European Parliament were the fourth to show lower turnout, suggesting to some a decline … all the decline in turnout at EP elections since 1979. This finding emphasizes the importance of keeping track of the … in support for the European project. This paper shows, however, that turnout decline has been built into the EC …

impact of increased political knowledge on turnout is asymmetric: New information increase the probability of voting of … information acquisition and turnout that combines the Riker-Ordeshook (1968) approach to voting behaviour with the Becker (1965 …

elections are predicted to have lower turnout, but a feedback mechanism keeps turnout at a reasonable level under a wide range … the electorate, suggesting that rational voter turnouts can be substantial even in large elections. Less important … preferences, the social preferences will dominate and make it rational for a typical person to vote even in large elections; (2 …

increased political knowledge on turnout is asymmetric: new information increases the probability of voting of indifferent … information acquisition and turnout that combines the Riker—Ordeshook (1968) approach to voting behaviour with the Becker (1965 …