Identifying the effect of election closeness on voter turnout: evidence from Swiss referenda
We provide evidence of a causal effect of anticipated election closeness on voter turnout, exploiting the precise <i>day-level</i> timing of the release of Swiss national poll results for high-stakes federal referenda, and a novel dataset on <i>daily</i> mail-in voting for th...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2023
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