Integration and voter participation: Evidence from local governments in France

Edoardo Di Porto, Angela Parenti and Sonia Paty
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Angela Parenti: UniPi - University of Pisa [Italy] = Università di Pisa [Italia] = Université de Pise [Italie]

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Abstract: We study the causal impact of integration on electoral participation, based on the French experience of intermunicipal cooperation (2001-2018) in which integrated municipalities transfer certain responsibilities and fiscal revenues from the lower municipal level to the higher intermunicipal level. Using a discontinuity design analysis with an exogenous population-based rule, we find that voter turnout for municipal elections decreases significantly within newly highly integrated communities. A supplementary event study analysis shows that these municipalities face a significant decrease in fiscal revenues for about two years after the decision to cooperate. These results suggest that when less is at stake, in terms of responsibilities and fiscal revenues in highly integrated municipalities, citizens feel less involved and electoral participation decreases. Furthermore, exploiting a 2014 electoral reform, this loss in participation is found to be long-lasting. Keywords: Decentralizatio

Keywords: Decentralization; integration; electoral participation; fiscal revenues; cooperation; quasi- natural experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-09-26
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Published in 6TH GCD WORKSHOP ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION A Coruña (Spain), Universidad de A Coruna, Sep 2024, La Corogne, Spain

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