Does Size Really Affect Turnout? Evidence from Italian Municipal Amalgamations
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Keywords
Municipal amalgamations; Turnout; Local institutions' Size; Referendum; Consent/dissent; Political efficacy; Difference-in-Difference;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
- H70 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - General
- H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
- D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2024-03-18 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-POL-2024-03-18 (Positive Political Economics)
- NEP-URE-2024-03-18 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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