elections. We use four extensive datasets to estimate an economic turnout model in which local economic variables are included … the determinants of turnout at the 2001 municipal elections and at the 2002 legislative elections. Empirical results …This paper analyzes the impact of economic conditions on voter turnout at Portuguese legislative and municipal …

elections. We use four extensive datasets to estimate an economic turnout model in which local economic variables are included … the determinants of turnout at the 2001 municipal elections and at the 2002 legislative elections. Empirical results …This paper analyzes the impact of economic conditions on voter turnout at Portuguese legislative and municipal …

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 …