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Corruption and Voter Participation: Evidence from the US States

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2012
Summary:
The literature on voter turnout focuses on the determinants of the electorate’s vote supply. There is growing recognition, however, that the demanders of votes—candidates, political parties, and interest groups—have strong incentives to invest resources in mobilizing support on Election Day. The authors test the hypothesis that corruption rents increase the value of holding public office and, hence, elicit greater demand-side effort in building winning coalitions. Analyzing a pooled time-series data set of public officials convicted of misusing their offices between 1979 and 2005, we find, after controlling for other influential factors, that governmental corruption raises voter turnout rates in gubernatorial elections.
Title: Corruption and Voter Participation: Evidence from the US States.
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Name(s): Monica Escaleras
Peter T. Calcagno
William F. Shughart
Type of Resource: text
Date Issued: 2012
Physical Form: pdf
Extent: 27 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The literature on voter turnout focuses on the determinants of the electorate’s vote supply. There is growing recognition, however, that the demanders of votes—candidates, political parties, and interest groups—have strong incentives to invest resources in mobilizing support on Election Day. The authors test the hypothesis that corruption rents increase the value of holding public office and, hence, elicit greater demand-side effort in building winning coalitions. Analyzing a pooled time-series data set of public officials convicted of misusing their offices between 1979 and 2005, we find, after controlling for other influential factors, that governmental corruption raises voter turnout rates in gubernatorial elections.
Identifier: FAUIR000504 (IID)
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000504
Host Institution: FAU

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