Votes and violence

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Autor(a) principal: Collier, Paul
Data de Publicação: 2014
Outros Autores: Vicente, Pedro C.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/161149
Resumo: Elections are now common in low-income societies. However, they are frequently flawed. We investigate a Nigerian election marred by violence. We designed and conducted a nationwide field experiment based on anti-violence campaigning. The campaign appealed to collective action through electoral participation, and worked through town meetings, popular theatres and door-to-door distribution of materials. We find that the campaign decreased violence perceptions and increased empowerment to counteract violence. We observe a rise in voter turnout and infer that the intimidation was dissociated from incumbents. These effects are accompanied by a reduction in the intensity of actual violence, as measured by journalists.
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spelling Votes and violenceevidence from a field experiment in NigeriaEconomics and EconometricsSDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsElections are now common in low-income societies. However, they are frequently flawed. We investigate a Nigerian election marred by violence. We designed and conducted a nationwide field experiment based on anti-violence campaigning. The campaign appealed to collective action through electoral participation, and worked through town meetings, popular theatres and door-to-door distribution of materials. We find that the campaign decreased violence perceptions and increased empowerment to counteract violence. We observe a rise in voter turnout and infer that the intimidation was dissociated from incumbents. These effects are accompanied by a reduction in the intensity of actual violence, as measured by journalists.NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)RUNCollier, PaulVicente, Pedro C.2023-12-12T22:14:33Z2014-02-012014-02-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/161149eng0013-0133PURE: 12858077https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12109info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T05:43:57Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/161149Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:58:23.274558Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Votes and violence
spellingShingle Votes and violence
Collier, Paul
Economics and Econometrics
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
title_short Votes and violence
title_full Votes and violence
title_fullStr Votes and violence
title_full_unstemmed Votes and violence
title_sort Votes and violence
author Collier, Paul
author_facet Collier, Paul
Vicente, Pedro C.
author_role author
author2 Vicente, Pedro C.
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Collier, Paul
Vicente, Pedro C.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Economics and Econometrics
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
topic Economics and Econometrics
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
description Elections are now common in low-income societies. However, they are frequently flawed. We investigate a Nigerian election marred by violence. We designed and conducted a nationwide field experiment based on anti-violence campaigning. The campaign appealed to collective action through electoral participation, and worked through town meetings, popular theatres and door-to-door distribution of materials. We find that the campaign decreased violence perceptions and increased empowerment to counteract violence. We observe a rise in voter turnout and infer that the intimidation was dissociated from incumbents. These effects are accompanied by a reduction in the intensity of actual violence, as measured by journalists.
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