Does voter turnout affect the votes for the incumbent government?

This paper analyzes the effects of voter turnout on the vote shares received by the incumbent government. A system of simultaneous equations is estimated using a panel dataset of 278 Portuguese municipalities, for the period 1979-2005, covering 10 legislative elections. The results indicate that rig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martins, Rodrigo (author)
Other Authors: Veiga, Francisco José (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/25134
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/25134