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dc.contributor.authorFalck, Oliveren
dc.contributor.authorGold, Roberten
dc.contributor.authorHeblich, Stephanen
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-31-
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-08T13:57:27Z-
dc.date.available2012-06-08T13:57:27Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/58344-
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyses the effect of information disseminated by the Internet on voting behavior. We address endogeneity in Internet availability by exploiting regional and technological peculiarities of the preexisting voice telephony network that hinder the roll-out of fixed-line broadband infrastructure for high-speed Internet. We find small negative effects of Internet availability on voter turnout, and no evidence that the Internet systematically benefits single parties. Robustness tests including placebo estimations from the pre-Internet era confirm our results. We relate differences in the Internet effect between national and local elections to a crowding out of national but not local newspapers.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x3827en
dc.subject.jelD72en
dc.subject.jelC50en
dc.subject.jelL86en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordelectionsen
dc.subject.keywordpolitical economyen
dc.subject.keywordmass mediaen
dc.subject.keywordinterneten
dc.subject.stwWahlverhaltenen
dc.subject.stwInformationsverhaltenen
dc.subject.stwKommunikationsmedienen
dc.subject.stwInterneten
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleE-Lections: Voting Behavior and the Internet-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn716601893en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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