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Replication data for: Something old, something new .... Institutions and turnout in Western democracies
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Kai Arzheimer, 2007-08-28, "Replication data for: Something old, something new .... Institutions and turnout in Western democracies", hdl:1902.1/10558 UNF:3:2UNq+CMPvmjb7Aat9NvpKw==
Study Global Id hdl:1902.1/10558
Authors Kai Arzheimer (University of Essex)
Producer Kai Arzheimer, University of Essex
Production Date 2007
Distributor Contact Kai Arzheimer (University of Essex), karzh@essex.ac.uk
Distribution Date August 28 2007
Deposit Date August 28 2007
Replication For Kai Arzheimer: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something true? Comment on Lister’s ‘Institutions, Inequality and Social Norms: Explaining Variations in Participation’. In: British Journal of Politics and International Relations (10) 2008, p. 681-697, doi: 10.1111/j.1467-856x.2008.00336.x
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Michael Lister (2007) makes a useful contribution to the discussion on aggregate variables that foster or depress turnout by drawing attention to societal factors, but his analysis is fraught with methodological problems. While his article builds on an interesting theoretical argument about the impact of institutions on attitudes, his claims about causal relationships are not backed by data. There is no rationale for the selection of countries, and most explanatory variables are actually constant within countries. The specification of the model is problematic in many ways. A careful re-analysis shows that the t-values reported in Lister's article are far too large, and that the estimates for Lister's model are highly unstable and dependent on the selection of observations. There is no robust evidence for a universal, politically relevant relationship between inequality and turnout.

Abstract Date August 28 2007
Keywords turnout,institutions, replication, PCSE, TSCS
Topic Classification turnout
Related Publications Lister, M. (2007) ‘Institutions, inequality and social norms: Explaining variations in participation’, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 9, 20–35.
Time Period Covered 1963 - 1993
Date of Collection 2007 - 2007
Country/Nation United Kingdom
Geographic Coverage Western Europe, North America, Japan
Geographic Unit Nation
Universe Western Democracies
Kind of Data aggregate data
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