Closeness and Turnout: Evidence from Election of Taiwan

Mei-yin Lin (), Yi-ting Tseng () and Jue-shyan Wang ()
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Mei-yin Lin: Department of Economics, Shih Hsin University
Yi-ting Tseng: Department of Public Finance, National Chengchi University
Jue-shyan Wang: Department of Public Finance, National Chengchi University

Economics Bulletin, 2011, vol. 31, issue 2, 1922-1928

Abstract: This paper will take Taiwan as an example to investigate the closeness-turnout relation. Instead of using actual electoral data, we utilize the information provided by pre-election polls to construct the measure for electoral closeness. The empirical result of Taiwan shows when the race is perceived to be decisive, the voters are more likely to vote. Moreover, the smaller the economic growth rate difference between China and Taiwan is, the voter's motive for voting will be stronger.

Keywords: Electoral closeness; Turnout; Election (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C5 D7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-06-29
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