Add to ORKGWe use evidence from the Second Reform Act, introduced in the United Kingdom in 1867, to analyze the impact on electoral outcomes of extending the vote to the unskilled urban population. By exploiting the sharp change in the electorate caused by franchise extension, we separate the effect of reform from that of underlying constituency level traits correlated with the voting population. Although we find that the franchise affected electoral competition and candidate selection, there is no evidence that relates Liberal electoral support to changes in the franchise rules. Our results are robust to various sources of endogeneity.
This paper tests the hypothesis that the extension of the voting franchise was caused by the threat ...
The Third Reform Act doubled the size of the British electorate by extending the urban franchise ref...
Much of what we know about the alignment of voters with parties comes from mass surveys of the elect...
We use evidence from the Second Reform Act, introduced in the United Kingdom in 1867, to analyze the...
We use evidence from the Second Reform Act, introduced in the United Kingdom in 1867, to analyze the...
Abstract. We use evidence from the Second Reform Act, introduced in the United King-dom in 1867, to ...
This paper suggests a new approach to analyze the causes of franchise extension. Based on a new data...
Does an extension of the voting franchise always increase public spending or can it be a source of r...
We study the effect of franchise extension on the fiscal structure of central and local governments ...
Does an extension of the voting franchise increase public spending or can it be a source of retrench...
Much of what we know about the alignment of voters with parties comes from mass surveys of the elect...
When did nationally based party alignments become significant at the grassroots of British politics?...
Much of what we know about the alignment of voters with parties comes from mass surveys of the ele...
Much of what we know about the alignment of voters with parties comes from mass surveys of the elect...
AbstractThe Redistribution Hypothesis predicts that franchise extension causes an increase in state-...
This paper tests the hypothesis that the extension of the voting franchise was caused by the threat ...
The Third Reform Act doubled the size of the British electorate by extending the urban franchise ref...
Much of what we know about the alignment of voters with parties comes from mass surveys of the elect...
We use evidence from the Second Reform Act, introduced in the United Kingdom in 1867, to analyze the...
We use evidence from the Second Reform Act, introduced in the United Kingdom in 1867, to analyze the...
Abstract. We use evidence from the Second Reform Act, introduced in the United King-dom in 1867, to ...
This paper suggests a new approach to analyze the causes of franchise extension. Based on a new data...
Does an extension of the voting franchise always increase public spending or can it be a source of r...
We study the effect of franchise extension on the fiscal structure of central and local governments ...
Does an extension of the voting franchise increase public spending or can it be a source of retrench...
Much of what we know about the alignment of voters with parties comes from mass surveys of the elect...
When did nationally based party alignments become significant at the grassroots of British politics?...
Much of what we know about the alignment of voters with parties comes from mass surveys of the ele...
Much of what we know about the alignment of voters with parties comes from mass surveys of the elect...
AbstractThe Redistribution Hypothesis predicts that franchise extension causes an increase in state-...
This paper tests the hypothesis that the extension of the voting franchise was caused by the threat ...
The Third Reform Act doubled the size of the British electorate by extending the urban franchise ref...
Much of what we know about the alignment of voters with parties comes from mass surveys of the elect...