Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245640 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14589
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper we examine three forms of regret in relation to the UK’s hugely significant referendum on EU membership that was held in June 2016. These are, (i) whether leave voters at the referendum subsequently regretted their choice (in the light of the result), (ii) whether non-voters regretted their decisions not to vote (remain) and (iii) whether individuals were more likely to indicate that it is everyone’s duty to vote following the referendum. We find evidence in favour of all three types of regret. In particular, leave voters and non-voters were significantly more likely to indicate that they would vote remain given their chance to do so again and there was a significant increase in the probability of an individual stating that it was everyone’s duty to vote in a general election in 2017 compared to 2015.
Subjects: 
EU referendum
Brexit
voting
regret
non-voters
JEL: 
D70
D72
F60
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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