Size and Political Participation: A Natural Experiment of Jurisdictional Consolidation

David Dreyer Lassen; Søren Serritzlew

Size and Political Participation: A Natural Experiment of Jurisdictional Consolidation

Department of Economics

Abstract

This paper uses a novel research design to re-examine the causal effect of jurisdiction size on political participation. Two waves of municipal consolidation in Denmark, in 1970 and in 2005, provide exogenous variation in jurisdiction size.

Original language	English
Publication date	2008
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	Midwest Political Science Organization, MPSA Annual National Conference - Chicago, United States Duration: 3 Apr 2008 → 7 Apr 2008

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Conference	Midwest Political Science Organization, MPSA Annual National Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago
Period	03/04/2008 → 07/04/2008

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Lassen, D. D., & Serritzlew, S. (2008). Size and Political Participation: A Natural Experiment of Jurisdictional Consolidation. Paper presented at Midwest Political Science Organization, MPSA Annual National Conference, Chicago, United States. http://www.allacademic.com//one/mpsa/mpsa08/index.php?cmd=mpsa08_search&offset=0&limit=5&multi_search_search_mode=publication&multi_search_publication_fulltext_mod=fulltext&textfield_submit=true&search_module=multi_search&search=Search&search_field=title_idx&fulltext_search=Size+and+Political+Participation%3A+A+Natural+Experiment+of+Jurisdictional+Consolidation

Lassen, DD & Serritzlew, S 2008, 'Size and Political Participation: A Natural Experiment of Jurisdictional Consolidation', Paper presented at Midwest Political Science Organization, MPSA Annual National Conference, Chicago, United States, 03/04/2008 - 07/04/2008. <http://www.allacademic.com//one/mpsa/mpsa08/index.php?cmd=mpsa08_search&offset=0&limit=5&multi_search_search_mode=publication&multi_search_publication_fulltext_mod=fulltext&textfield_submit=true&search_module=multi_search&search=Search&search_field=title_idx&fulltext_search=Size+and+Political+Participation%3A+A+Natural+Experiment+of+Jurisdictional+Consolidation>

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