Defend My Homeland or Not? The Causal Effect of Extended Military Service on Taiwanese Self-defense Determination

• In Event: Domestic Attitudes and Public Opinion across Asia

Brief Overview

This paper investigates the causal effect of extending compulsory military service on Taiwanese citizens' opinions regarding national security issues; it uses a combination of a regression discontinuity design and a difference-in-differences approach

Author

• Kai-Wen Tung, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities