Heat Affects Voting Decisions: Evidence from Colombia’s 2016 Peace Plebiscite

• In Event: The Environment and Political Behavior

Brief Overview

Using information for the 2016 Colombian Plebiscite to ratify the Peace Agreement between the State and the main guerilla group, we show that heat shocks affect voting decisions. This was driven by anger against the land property-violence status quo.

Authors

• Nupia Oskar, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

• Fernando Carriazo, Universidad del Rosario

• Jorge H Garcia