Seminar
Past
All Eyes on Them A Field Experiment on Citizen Oversight and Electoral Integrity
- Date2 February 2022
- Time 14h00 - 15h30
- Room zoom
Abstract
Can Information and Communication Technologies help citizens monitor their elections? We analyze a large-scale field experiment designed to answer this question in Colombia. We leveraged Facebook advertisements sent to over 4 million potential voters to encourage citizen reporting of irregularities and varied whether candidates were informed about the campaign in a subset of municipalities. Total reports, as well as evidence-backed ones, experienced a large increase. Across a wide array of measures, electoral irregularities decreased. Finally, the reporting campaign reduced the vote share of candidates dependent on irregularities. This light-touch intervention is more cost-effective than monitoring efforts traditionally used by policymakers.
Other seminars
Past
Intergenerational Transmission of Education: Internalized Aspirations versus Parent Pressure
-
Seminar
-
Job Market Seminar
-
Date 24 January 2022
-
Place online
-
Speaker or organiser Maximilian Müller
Details
Fighting Silent Killers: How India’s Public Healthcare Staffing Expansion Saves Lives by Improving Access and Market Quality
-
Seminar
-
Job Market Seminar
-
Place A3
-
Speaker or organiser Patrick Agte
Details