Referierte Aufsätze Web of Science
Felix Arnold, Ronny Freier
In: Electoral Studies 41 (2016), S. 213-224
In this note, we use data from different elections in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia between 1975 and 2010 to show that the Conservatives profit from lower voter turnout at the expense of the Social Democrats. We deal with the endogeneity of voter turnout by using election day rain as an instrumental variable. Our particular contribution is the comparison of municipal and state elections.
Topics: Regional economy
JEL-Classification: D72;H70
Keywords: Turnout, Partisan effects, Rain, Germany, Municipalities, Elections
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2015.11.005