Can Information Increase Turnout in European Parliament Elections?: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Denmark

Esben Høgh; Martin Vinæs Larsen

doi:10.1111/jcms.12407

Can Information Increase Turnout in European Parliament Elections? Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Denmark

Esben Høgh, Martin Vinæs Larsen

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Abstract

We examine the effect of information on turnout at a European Parliament election in Denmark. We utilize a quasi-experimental design to sidestep the substantial problems related to causal inference associated with identifying the effect of information. Specifically, we look at a group of Danish first time voters, some of whom were exogenously exposed to information in the run-up to the 2014 European Parliament election, by participating in a one-day workshop about EU politics. We find that those who participated were more knowledgeable about and more likely to vote in the upcoming European Parliament election. This suggests that increasing political participation in the EU could, in part, be a matter of exposing the European public to more information about EU politics.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Artikelnummer	16
Tidsskrift	Journal of Common Market Studies
Vol/bind	54
Udgave nummer	6
Sider (fra-til)	1495–1508
ISSN	0021-9886
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12407
Status	Udgivet - 1 nov. 2016

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