Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Revelli, Federico
Author-Email: federico.revelli@unito.it
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Turin
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.est.unito.it/
Title: Voter turnout in Italian municipal elections, 2002-2013.
Abstract: This paper investigates the determinants of voter turnout in a panel dataset of over 15,000 Italian 
municipal elections through more than a decade. The estimation results show a significant negative effect of the
size of the electorate on voter turnout, and an effect of its demographic structure that is compatible with the
political life-cycle hypothesis. Moreover, turnout is systematically higher when municipal elections are held at
the same time as more salient, higher stakes contests, and all ex post indicators of election closeness are 
estimated to influence voter turnout in the expected direction.
Length: pages 24
Creation-Date: 2016-11
File-URL: http://www.est.unito.it/do/home.pl/Download?doc=/allegati/wp2016dip/wp_16_2016.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:uto:dipeco:201616