Spatial links in the analysis of voter turnout in European Parliamentary elections

Nadia Fiorino, Nicola Pontarollo and Roberto Ricciuti
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Nadia Fiorino: University of L’Aquila

Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 2021, vol. 14, issue 1, No 5, 65-78

Abstract: Abstract This paper investigates the turnout in European Parliamentary elections by analyzing the four EP elections from 1999 to 2014 in 155 regions in EU-12. We use a number of econometric techniques that account for spatial dependence, also dealing with heteroskedasticity and endogeneity. The results confirm the role of spatial spillovers and indicate a significant role for GDP per capita, unemployment, age, institutional and electoral variables in influencing turnout. Finally, we disentangle the direct and indirect effects of the regional variable in affecting turnout.

Keywords: European Parliamentary elections; Voter turnout; Sub-national variations; Spatial econometrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 D72 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/s12076-021-00265-6

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