Frank, Marco; Stadelmann, David; Torgler, Benno - In: Economics & Politics 35 (2022) 2, pp. 529-555
We analyze the effect of electoral turnout on incumbency advantages by exploring mayoral elections in the German state … of Bavaria. Mayors are elected by majority rule in two‐round (runoff) elections. Between the first and second ballot of … second ballots from previous elections. We use this instrument to analyze the causal effect of turnout on incumbent vote …