Media, Secret Ballot and Democratization in the US
Can the media determine the success or failure of institutional reforms? We study the adoption of secret voting in the US and the role of media in this arguably crucial step to improve democracy. Using a difference-in-difference identification strategy and a rich dataset on local newspapers, we find...
- Autores:
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Fergusson, Leopoldo
Riaño, Juan Felipe
Song, B.K.
- Tipo de recurso:
- Work document
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2020
- Institución:
- Universidad de los Andes
- Repositorio:
- Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/41135
- Acceso en línea:
- http://hdl.handle.net/1992/41135
- Palabra clave:
- Media
Secret ballot
Democratization
Electoral reforms
Gerrymandering
D72, D73, D80, L82
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/