“Todo está guardado en la memoria”: The Aftermath of State Violence in Argentina

Sebastián Einstoss
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Sebastián Einstoss: Department of Economics, Universidad de San Andrés

No 14, Young Researchers Working Papers from Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia

Abstract: Can the memorials honoring the victims of state violence influence present-day elections? This paper examines a natural experiment within the Argentinean electoral system to investigate the causal link between one type of memorial and current electoral outcomes. The results show that the presence of “Baldosas por la memoria” (tiles commemorating victims of the 1976-1983 military dictatorship in Argentina) is associated with a significant drop in null votes. Furthermore, my findings suggest that these monuments could be leveraged to impact a particular right-wing political party. The hypothesis behind this result is that these tiles produce a revitalizing effect on the perceived importance of democracy.

Keywords: Elections; Argentina; Dictatorship; Memorials; State Violence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 D91 N46 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2024-07, Revised 2024-07
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-bec, nep-lam and nep-ure
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