4G Democracy: Mobile Internet and Electoral Outcomes in Chile

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dc.contributor.advisorGonzález Ramírez, Felipe Andrés
dc.contributor.advisorGallego Yáñez, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorLeiva Silva, Benjamín
dc.contributor.otherPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Economía
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-07T18:09:14Z
dc.date.available2022-11-07T18:09:14Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionTesis (Magíster en Economía)--Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2018
dc.description.abstractThe relationship between Internet access and political outcomes is an increasingly relevant subject given the current reshaping of several western democracies. In this paper, I study the effects of increased mobile Internet access on electoral outcomes like voter turnout and political vote shares. Using a panel data model with time and location fixed effects, I exploit municipality-level differences in the installation of antennas that provide mobile Internet. I find that a one standard deviation increase in the number of antennas of the average municipality decreases left-wing candidacies’ vote shares in 8 p.p. while increasing outsider vote shares by 5 p.p., where this last result is mainly displayed at local elections. Turnout, on the other hand, is reduced in presidential elections but significantly increased in local elections under larger mobile Internet access. Finally, I find that this increase in connectivity influences political outcomes mainly through its effect on rural municipalities and institutional changes like the instauration of voluntary voting.
dc.format.extent51 páginas
dc.fuente.origenSRIA
dc.identifier.doi10.7764/tesisUC/ECO/65361
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.7764/tesisUC/ECO/65361
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/65361
dc.information.autorucInstituto de economía ; González Ramírez, Felipe Andrés ; S/I ; 148709
dc.information.autorucInstituto de economía ; Gallego Yáñez, Francisco ; 0000-0002-2252-891X ; 94445
dc.information.autorucInstituto de economía ; Leiva Silva, Benjamín ; S/I ; 1039093
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido completo
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.subject.ddc330
dc.subject.deweyEconomíaes_ES
dc.title4G Democracy: Mobile Internet and Electoral Outcomes in Chilees_ES
dc.typetesis de maestría
sipa.codpersvinculados148709
sipa.codpersvinculados94445
sipa.codpersvinculados1039093
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