Arbeitspapier

Social identity and voter turnout

This paper uses the unique social structure of Arab communities to examine the effect of social identity on voter turnout. We first show that voters are more likely to vote for a candidate who shares their social group (signified by last name) as compared to other candidates. Using last name as a measure of group affiliation, we find an inverted U-shaped relationship between group size and voter turnout which is consistent with theoretical models that reconcile the paradox of voting by incorporating groups behavior.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 2331

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Analysis of Collective Decision-Making: General
Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
Thema
Voter turnout
paradox of voting
social identity
local elections
Wahlverhalten
Soziale Beziehungen
Soziale Gruppe
Kommunalwahl
Araber
Israel

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Ben-Bassat, Avi
Dahan, Momi
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2008

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Ben-Bassat, Avi
  • Dahan, Momi
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2008

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