Abstract
AbstractThis paper investigates the turnout in European Parliamentary elections by analyzing the four EP elections from 1999 to 2014 in 155 regions in EU-12. We use a number of econometric techniques that account for spatial dependence, also dealing with heteroskedasticity and endogeneity. The results confirm the role of spatial spillovers and indicate a significant role for GDP per capita, unemployment, age, institutional and electoral variables in influencing turnout. Finally, we disentangle the direct and indirect effects of the regional variable in affecting turnout.
Funder
Università degli Studi di Verona
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Economics and Econometrics,Urban Studies,Geography, Planning and Development,Demography
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