Term limits and voter turnout

This paper studies the impact of term limits on voter turnout, using the recent introduction of term limits at the local government level in Portugal as a natural experiment. Although instrumental, expressive, and information-based theories of voter participation imply effects of term limits on turno...

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Main Author: Veiga, Francisco José (author)
Other Authors: Veiga, Linda Gonçalves (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Term limits
Voter turnout
Local elections
Portugal
Natural experiment
Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
D72
H7
K16
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/45116
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/45116

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http://hdl.handle.net/1822/45116

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