Compulsory voting, turnout, and government spending: Evidence from Austria

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• 作者：Mitchell Hoffman^a ; ^{mitchell.hoffman@rotman.utoronto.ca} ; Gianmarco Leó ; n^b ; ^c ; ^{gianmarco.leon@upf.edu} ; Marí ; a Lombardi^c ; ^{maria.lombardi@upf.edu}
• 关键词：H10 ; D72 ; P16
• 刊名：Journal of Public Economics
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：145
• 期：Complete
• 页码：103-115
• 全文大小：516 K
• 卷排序：145

文摘

We study a unique quasi-experiment on compulsory voting in Austria. Turnout increased by roughly 10 percentage points. We find no evidence of impacts on government spending or electoral outcomes.