Economic performance and turnout at national and local elections

This paper analyzes the impact of economic performance on voter turnout. We estimate an economic turnout model in which local economic variables are included in quadratic form, so that non-linear effects can be taken into account. We use panel datasets covering municipalities, from 1979 to 2005, and...

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Main Author: Martins, Rodrigo (author)
Other Authors: Veiga, Francisco (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/47608
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/47608