Apurav Bhatiya on Synchronized Elections and Voter Behavior
Ideas of India
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How Does the Simultaneity of Elections Change Voter Behavior?
We don't have a fancy theory for how the indian voter votes, we are taking a very simple theory of how the decision making process is. We cally use the timing of election across tiers to understand the vote behavior changes. So we set up a model where, once the voters are voting for both the tears on the same day, and once they are voting with a gap, then thereis a gap between the two elections. And when that happens, our mode gives three predictions.
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