For more than 40 years, studies trying to explain macro-level electoral turnout have been
one of the pillars of political behavioural research. From January 2004 to December 2013 …

Inequality is a major international development challenge. This is so from an ethical
perspective and because greater inequality is perceived to be detrimental to key …

Political consumerism refers to the deliberate purchase or avoidance of products, goods, or
services for political reasons. For decades, researchers have studied the micro-level …

In this paper, we investigate whether income inequality negatively affects voter turnout.
Despite some progress, the answer to this question is still debated due to methodological …

We study retail shareholder voting using a nearly comprehensive sample of US ownership
and voting records. Analyzing turnout within a rational-choice framework, we find …

As digital media use has rapidly increased in prevalence and diversified in form, scholars
across the globe have focused extensive attention on how the use of digital media relates to …

States merge local governments to achieve economies of scale. Little is known to which
extent mergers of county-sized local governments reduce expenditures, and influence …

While some consider populist parties to be a threat to liberal democracy, others have argued
that populist parties may positively affect the quality of democracy by increasing political …

As more countries grant political rights to their emigrants and more politicians look beyond
national boundaries for support, scholars are beginning to explore the drivers and …

Recent years have seen a dramatic change in horse-race coverage of elections in the
United States—shifting focus from late-breaking poll numbers to sophisticated meta-analytic …