This paper evaluates the effects of changes in the supply of news provided by newspapers on electoral participation … covering the presence of local news by different types of newspapers (i.e., local and national) for all cities above 15 …,000 inhabitants in the period 1993-2010. The identification strategy exploits discrete changes in the number of newspapers supplying …

line with the view that spatial distance between citizens and the seat of political power reduces accountability, and in … spatial distribution of population: newspapers provide greater coverage of state politics when their audiences are more …, and voter turnout in state elections is greater in places that are closer to the capital. We find that the role of media …

line with the view that spatial distance between citizens and the seat of political power reduces accountability, and in … spatial distribution of population: newspapers provide greater coverage of state politics when their audiences are more …, and voter turnout in state elections is greater in places that are closer to the capital. We find that the role of media …

limited to the first newspaper entering the market. -- newspapers ; media competition ; turnout ; political selection …This paper evaluates the effects of changes in the supply of news provided by newspapers on electoral participation … covering the presence of local news by different types of newspapers (i.e., local and national) for all cities above 15 …

This paper evaluates the effects of changes in the supply of news provided by newspapers on electoral participation … covering the presence of local news by different types of newspapers (i.e., local and national) for all cities above 15 …,000 inhabitants in the period 1993-2010. The identification strategy exploits discrete changes in the number of newspapers supplying …

government efficiency. Exploiting discrete changes in the number of newspapers, we show that newspaper entry increases turnout in …

reduces citizens participation: voter turnout decreases but characteristics of elected politicians are not affected; second …

reduces citizens participation: voter turnout decreases but characteristics of elected politicians are not affected; second …

politicians accountable are also affected by the spatial distribution of population: newspapers provide greater coverage of state … politics when their audiences are more concentrated around the capital, and voter turnout in state elections is greater in … places that are closer to the capital. Consistent with lower accountability, there is also evidence that there is more money …