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dc.contributor.authorFiva, Jon H.
dc.contributor.authorHalse, Askill Harkjerr
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Daniel Markham
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-17T08:29:58Z
dc.date.available2022-03-17T08:29:58Z
dc.date.created2021-01-04T07:13:45Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationQuarterly Journal of Political Science, 2021, Vol. 16: No. 2, pp 185-213.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1554-0626
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2985713
dc.description.abstractWe investigate whether geographic representation affects local voting behavior in closed-list proportional representation (PR) systems, where conventional theoretical wisdom suggests a limited role of localism in voter preferences. Using detailed data on Norwegian parliamentary candidates' hometowns, we show that parties engage in geographic balancing when constructing candidate lists. However, because most districts contain more municipalities than seats, not all municipalities will ultimately see a local candidate elected. A regression discontinuity design applied to marginal candidates reveals that parties obtain higher within-district support in subsequent elections in incumbents' hometowns — novel evidence of "friends-and-neighbors" voting in an otherwise party-centered environment. Exploring the mechanisms, we find that represented municipalities often continue to have locally-connected candidates in top positions, in contrast to municipalities with losing candidates, and are more frequently referenced in legislative speeches. There is no evidence that unequal representation creates inequalities in distributive policiesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherNow publiseren_US
dc.subjectGeographic representationen_US
dc.subjectFriends-and-neighbors votingen_US
dc.subjectProportional representationen_US
dc.subjectRegression discontinuity designen_US
dc.titleLocal Representation and Voter Mobilization in Closed-list Proportional Representation Systemsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionacceptedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderNow publisheren_US
dc.source.pagenumber185-213en_US
dc.source.volume16en_US
dc.source.journalQuarterly Journal of Political Scienceen_US
dc.source.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1561/100.00019147
dc.identifier.cristin1864488
cristin.ispublishedfalse
cristin.fulltextpostprint
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