Citizen information, election outcomes and good governance

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

This paper provides a new empirical test of the common sense proposition that a better informed electorate helps producing greater collective welfare. The innovation lies in an arguably more adequate measurement of both the independent and the dependent variable than those found in previous studies. The data come from the cross-national post-election surveys of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) project plus World Bank data on the quality of governance across the globe. The findings show some significant effects of citizens' ability to emulate fully informed choices on the quality of governance after the elections in question. However, the effect only materializes over multiple elections, and may not extend to all aspects of good governance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)31-44
Number of pages14
JournalElectoral Studies
Volume27
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2008

Keywords

  • Corruption
  • Elections
  • Governance
  • Information shortcuts
  • Political knowledge
  • Vote choice

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