Voting and turning out for monetary integration: the case of the French referendum on the Maastricht treaty

Abstract: This paper analyses the voting and abstention patterns in French departments in the 1992 referendum on the Maastricht treaty, in light of the potential impact of monetary union. We observe that departmental characteristics implying either greater benefits or lower costs from monetary union are significantly correlated with the approval rate. This supports the view that the voting behaviour of individual agents depended on their self-interest. The impact of economic characteristics on the abstention rate is less clear. Indeed, the variable that is most significantly correlated with abstention in the referendum is average abstention in other elections

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Postprint
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Applied Economics ; 41 (2009) 18 ; 2369-2384

Classification
Politik

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(when)
2009
Creator
Méon, Pierre-Guillaume

DOI
10.1080/00036840701222504
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-240976
Rights
Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Méon, Pierre-Guillaume

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  • 2009

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