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A STRUCTURAL MODEL OF TURNOUT AND VOTING IN MULTIPLE ELECTIONS
Journal of the European Economic Association, v 9(2), pp 209-245
Apr 2011
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Abstract
This paper develops a unified approach to study participation and voting in multiple elections. The theoretical setting combines an uncertain-voter model of turnout with a spatial model of voting behavior. We apply our framework to the study of turnout and voting in US Presidential and Congressional elections. We structurally estimate the model using individual-level data for the 2000 elections, and quantify the relationships between observed individual characteristics and unobserved citizens' ideological preferences, information, and civic duty. We then use the estimated model, which replicates the patterns of abstention, selective abstention, split-ticket voting, and straight-ticket voting observed in the data, to assess the effects of policies that may increase citizens' information and sense of civic duty on their turnout and voting behavior.
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- Title
- A STRUCTURAL MODEL OF TURNOUT AND VOTING IN MULTIPLE ELECTIONS
- Creators
- Arianna Degan - Université du Québec à MontréalAntonio Merlo - University of Pennsylvania
- Publication Details
- Journal of the European Economic Association, v 9(2), pp 209-245
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 37
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000288461000002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-79952638911
- Other Identifier
- 991022026857904721
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- Economics