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  Electoral thresholds and political representation

Baskaran, T., & Lopes da Fonseca, M. (2016). Electoral thresholds and political representation. Public Choice, 169(1), 117-136. doi:10.1007/s11127-016-0378-8.

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Baskaran, Thushyanthan1, Author
Lopes da Fonseca, Mariana2, Author           
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1External Organizations, ou_persistent22              
2Public Economics, MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance, Max Planck Society, ou_830552              

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Free keywords: Natural experiment, Identification, Electoral thresholds
 Abstract: We rely on a reform in the German federal state of Hesse that abolished a 5 % electoral threshold for local elections to study the effects of electoral thresholds on political representation. The elimination of the threshold had, on average, a stronger effect on municipalities with larger councils since implicit (also known as effective) electoral thresholds are inversely correlated with council size. Using a dataset that includes all 426 Hessian municipalities over the period 1989–2011 and exploiting discontinuities in a state law that maps populations exogenously to council size, we implement a difference-in-discontinuities design. Our results show that the reform had large psychological effects that eventually improved the electoral prospects of (relatively small) local parties. In the short-run, however, the vote and seat shares of the large national parties increased. We offer some explanations for this finding.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2016
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1007/s11127-016-0378-8
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Title: Public Choice
Source Genre: Journal
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Publ. Info: Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers [etc.]
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 169 (1) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 117 - 136 Identifier: ZDB: 207597-0
ISSN: 0048-5829
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954925456996