Monetary Incentives to Vote: Voters' Response to a Nationwide Policy in Peru

• In Event: Juicing Turning: Boosting Voter Participation in Comparative Perspective

Brief Overview

We study a reform to compulsory voting (CV) in Peru. We document a sophisticated response by voters along several margins. We estimate and compare the effect on turnout of a marginal $1 change to the abstention fine to the aggregate effect of CV.

Authors

• Mariella Gonzales, University of Chicago

• Gianmarco Leon, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

• Luis R Martinez, University of Chicago