Legislating during war: Conflict and politics in Colombia

Juan Morales

No 261, HiCN Working Papers from Households in Conflict Network

Abstract: This paper studies how legislators and their constituents respond to political violence using data from Twitter and roll-call votes, and employing both event study and difference-in- differences methods. Tweets from incumbent party legislators and tweets with a "hard-line" language receive higher engagement following rebel attacks. The incumbent party receives higher support in the legislature after attacks, but only when it has a hard-line military policy. In addition, politicians are more responsive to attacks which occur in their electoral district. I identify a set of potentially affected congressional votes, suggesting that these conflict- induced swings in incumbent support can have persistent policy consequences.

Keywords: civil conflict; congressional voting; legislatures; political language; social media (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 D74 H56 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-12
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Journal Article: Legislating during war: Conflict and politics in Colombia (2021)
Working Paper: Legislating during war: Conflict and politics in Colombia (2018)
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