More Options, but Less Willing to Vote When Already at the Ballot: District Magnitude and Electoral Participation after the End of the Chilean Binomial System.

• In Event: Electoral Systems: Consequences and Reform

Brief Overview

How do large magnitude proportional systems affect electoral participation? We study a reform of the Chilean electoral system. We use various diff-in-diff strategies, exploiting concurrent elections and differential changes in district magnitude.

Authors

• Maria Loreto Cox, Centro de Estudios Públicos

• Carmen LeFoulon, Centro de Estudios Públicos