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Does internet usage impact voter turnout?

Cornejo, Jose Aleksander; Osadcha, Alina
Master thesis
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2017
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Abstract
This master thesis explores the effect of internet usage on political

participation and voters’ political preferences, as measured by voter turnout and

party vote shares. We conduct a two-stage least squares analysis within a fixed

effects framework. The main results suggest a positive and significant effect of

internet usage on voter turnout. The subsequent findings indicate a positive and

significant effect of internet usage on vote shares of small parties and local list

candidates, which do not belong to either left-wing or right-wing party blocs.

However, placebo tests suggest that the identification strategy may not be the best

fit for the voter turnout data. The results for political participation may be biased

by the correlation between the instrument variable and underlying municipalityspecific

trends in the voter turnout. The bias does not appear to be present in the

data for vote shares of small parties and local lists. A reasonable interpretation of

these findings is that the internet roll-out programme of 2001 to 2008 was

particularly beneficial in bringing attention to political parties of smaller size and

individual politicians.
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Masteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Business, Economics - Handelshøyskolen BI, 2017
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BI Norwegian Business School

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