It’s the weather, stupid! Individual participation in collective May Day demonstrations

We investigate the possible explanations of variations in aggregate levels of participation in large-scale political demonstrations. A simple public choice inspired model is applied to data derived from the annual May Day demonstrations of the Danish labour movement and socialist parties taking place in Copenhagen in the period 1980-2009. The most important explanatory variables are variations in the weather conditions. Political and socio-economic conditions exhibit few or no robust effects.

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter

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Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter (2010): It’s the weather, stupid! Individual participation in collective May Day demonstrations.
Classification:	P36 - Consumer Economics; Health, Education, Welfare, and Poverty ; H41 - Public Goods ; H23 - Externalities; Redistributive Effects ; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies ; P16 - Political Economy ; D70 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making. General ; A13 - Relation of Economics to Social Values ; H11 - Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government ; J51 - Trade Unions: Objectives Structure, and Effects ; D74 - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances ; D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legistures, and Voting Behavior ; D61 - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
Source:	BASE

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