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Does the arrival of fast internet in Africa affect voting behavior? Evidence from Kenya
| datacite.subject.fos | Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão | pt_PT |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Sandholtz, Wayne | |
| dc.contributor.author | Brambrink, Jonas | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-21T13:24:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-07-21T13:24:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-01-14 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2021-12-17 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Does the arrival of fast Internet in Africa have an impact on the level of political information of voters and thus on voting behavior? Using a difference-in-differences approach, this paper examines the effects of the introduction of high-speed Internet in Kenya in 2009 on electoral outcomes. The results show that voter turnout in the subsequent parliamentary election in-creased by almost 3 percentage points due to treatment, suggesting a higher level of political information. There is some evidence for a positive effect on the vote share of the incumbent party and no evidence for an effect on the share of invalid votes. | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.tid | 202975193 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10362/142251 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.relation | Nova School of Business and Economics | |
| dc.subject | Development economics | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Elections | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Difference-in-differences | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Internet | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Political outcomes | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Does the arrival of fast internet in Africa affect voting behavior? Evidence from Kenya | pt_PT |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.awardNumber | UID/ECO/00124/2013 | |
| oaire.awardTitle | Nova School of Business and Economics | |
| oaire.awardURI | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UID%2FECO%2F00124%2F2013/PT | |
| oaire.fundingStream | 6817 - DCRRNI ID | |
| project.funder.identifier | http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 | |
| project.funder.name | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | masterThesis | pt_PT |
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| thesis.degree.name | A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics | pt_PT |