This is the authors’ accepted and refereed manuscript to the article. Publisher's version is available at link.springer.com/A vast academic literature illustrates that voter turnout is affected by the institutional design of elections (e.g., compulsory voting, electoral system, postal or Sunday voting). In this article, we exploit a simple Downsian theoretical framework to argue that the institutional framework of public good provision – and, in particular, the distribution of political and administrative competences across government levels – likewise affects voters’ turnout decisions by influencing the expected net benefit of voting. Empirically, we exploit the institutional variation across German municipalities to test this proposition,...
World democracies widely differ in legislative, executive and legal institutions. Different institut...
What explains the higher electoral turnout in some of the Swiss municipalities? Since there are impo...
Participating in an election is by far the most prevalent form of political participation in modern ...
A vast academic literature illustrates that voter turnout is affected by the institutional design of...
To assess the impact of electoral systems on voting turnout, cross-national studies can be usefully ...
We analyze the effect of electoral turnout on incumbency advantages by exploring mayoral elections i...
Social and/or political involvement within the population is often argued to enhance public sector p...
World democracies widely differ in legislative, executive and legal institutions. Different institut...
This essay examines to what extent institutional factors can explain the variation among EU-countrie...
With this paper we study the impact of decentralization on turnout. We test the hypotheses that dece...
"The first thing of interest after an election is usually not the level of turnout, but the result i...
With this paper we study the impact of decentralization on turnout. We test the hypotheses that dece...
We study a unique quasi-experiment in Austria, where compulsory voting laws are changed across Austr...
While much of the literature on voter turnout focuses on institutional and socioeconomic factors rel...
Differences in electoral rules and/or legislative, executive or legal institutions across countries ...
World democracies widely differ in legislative, executive and legal institutions. Different institut...
What explains the higher electoral turnout in some of the Swiss municipalities? Since there are impo...
Participating in an election is by far the most prevalent form of political participation in modern ...
A vast academic literature illustrates that voter turnout is affected by the institutional design of...
To assess the impact of electoral systems on voting turnout, cross-national studies can be usefully ...
We analyze the effect of electoral turnout on incumbency advantages by exploring mayoral elections i...
Social and/or political involvement within the population is often argued to enhance public sector p...
World democracies widely differ in legislative, executive and legal institutions. Different institut...
This essay examines to what extent institutional factors can explain the variation among EU-countrie...
With this paper we study the impact of decentralization on turnout. We test the hypotheses that dece...
"The first thing of interest after an election is usually not the level of turnout, but the result i...
With this paper we study the impact of decentralization on turnout. We test the hypotheses that dece...
We study a unique quasi-experiment in Austria, where compulsory voting laws are changed across Austr...
While much of the literature on voter turnout focuses on institutional and socioeconomic factors rel...
Differences in electoral rules and/or legislative, executive or legal institutions across countries ...
World democracies widely differ in legislative, executive and legal institutions. Different institut...
What explains the higher electoral turnout in some of the Swiss municipalities? Since there are impo...
Participating in an election is by far the most prevalent form of political participation in modern ...