First-time boost beats experience: The effect of past eligibility on turnout
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- 作者：Yosef Bhattia ; yobh@kora.dk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Kasper M. Hansenb ; kmh@ifs.ku.dk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Hanna Wassc ; hanna.wass@helsinki.fi" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Turnout ; Past eligibility ; Habitual voting ; First-time hype ; Regression discontinuity design
- 刊名：Electoral Studies
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：March 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：41
- 期：Complete
- 页码：151-158
- 全文大小：397 K
文摘
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Findings from the US show a positive causal effect of past eligibility on turnout.
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We test this using individual-level register-based data from Denmark and Finland.
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In this context, past eligibility decreases voting propensity or has a zero effect.
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The negative effect is strongest in elections characterized by low saliency.
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Differing results might be due to lower barriers against voting in the Nordic countries.