Terrorism and voting: the effect of rocket threat on voting in Israeli elections

Volume: 108, Issue: 3, Pages: 588 - 604
Published: Aug 1, 2014
Abstract
How does the threat of becoming a victim of terrorism affect voting behavior? Localities in southern Israel have been exposed to rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip since 2001. Relying on variation across time and space in the range of rockets, we identify the effect of this threat on voting in Israeli elections. We first show that the evolution of the rockets’ range leads to exogenous variation in the threat of terrorism. We then compare voting...
Paper Details
Title
Terrorism and voting: the effect of rocket threat on voting in Israeli elections
Published Date
Aug 1, 2014
Volume
108
Issue
3
Pages
588 - 604
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