| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP10991 |
| DP10991 Internet and Politics: Evidence from U.K. Local Elections and Local Government Policies | |
| Tommaso Valletti; Mattia Nardotto; Alessandro Gavazza | |
| 发表日期 | 2015-12-20 |
| 出版年 | 2015 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | We empirically study the effects of broadband internet diffusion on local election outcomes and on local government policies using rich data from the U.K. Our analysis shows that the internet has displaced other media with greater news content (i.e., radio and newspapers), thereby decreasing voter turnout, most notably among less-educated and younger individuals. In turn, we find suggestive evidence that local government expenditures and taxes are lower in areas with greater broadband diffusion, particularly expenditures targeted at less-educated voters. Our findings are consistent with the idea that voters' information plays a key role in determining electoral participation, government policies and government size. |
| 主题 | Industrial Organization ; Public Economics |
| 关键词 | Media Voting |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp10991 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/539820 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Tommaso Valletti,Mattia Nardotto,Alessandro Gavazza. DP10991 Internet and Politics: Evidence from U.K. Local Elections and Local Government Policies. 2015. |
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