Estimating Habit Formation in Voting

Estimating Habit Formation in Voting
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估计投票中习惯的形成

DOI:
10.3386/w19721
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发表时间:
2013
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NBER Working Paper Series
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通讯作者:
Tom S. Vogl
Tom S. Vogl
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作者:
Thomas Fujiwara;Kyle C. Meng;Tom S. Vogl

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我们通过利用短暂的投票成本冲击来估计投票习惯的形成——过去对当前投票率的影响。利用 1952 年至 2012 年美国总统选举的县级数据,我们发现当前和过去选举日的降水会降低选民投票率。我们的估计表明,过去投票率下降 1 个百分点,当前投票率就会下降 0.7-0.9 个百分点。与唐斯框架的动态扩展相一致,当前的降水在之前的多雨选举之后具有更强的影响。进一步的分析表明,这种习惯的形成是通过增强与投票相关的内在满足感来实现的。
We estimate habit formation in voting--the effect of past on current turnout--by exploiting transitory voting cost shocks. Using county-level data on U.S. presidential elections from 1952-2012, we find that precipitation on current and past election days reduces voter turnout. Our estimates imply that a 1-point decrease in past turnout lowers current turnout by 0.7-0.9 points. Consistent with a dynamic extension of the Downsian framework, current precipitation has stronger effects following previous rainy elections. Further analyses suggest that this habit formation operates by reinforcing the intrinsic satisfaction associated with voting.