<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Influence of municipal mergers on election outcomes"^^ . "Many municipalities have merged during the last few decades, which is the result of a massive shift in\r\nresponsibilities to the lowest level of government in the Netherlands. Simultaneously, political parties\r\non municipal level without national affiliations have slowly gained electoral ground and have become\r\nthe largest party on average on the municipal level. This study aims to find out whether there is a\r\nrelationship between the merging of municipalities and the electoral success of parties without national\r\naffiliations. Previous academic research finds that municipal mergers decrease voters trust in the local\r\ngovernment, whilst people with less trust in the local government vote more often for parties without\r\nnational affiliations. Therefore the following hypothesis will be tested: Municipal mergers have a\r\npositive effect on the electoral results of political parties without national affiliations.\r\nThis hypothesis gets tested via three Difference in Difference (DiD) regression analyses, into\r\nwhich three types of municipalities are included, being: merged municipalities, municipalities that\r\ncancelled their merger plans and all ‘other’ Dutch municipalities. The data on these municipalities comes\r\nfrom the Databank verkiezingsuitslagen, the database of the Kiesraad.\r\nThe results of the analysis do not support the hypothesis. Both plans for a municipal merger and\r\nthe actual merger seem to decrease the percentage of votes parties without national affiliations get.\r\nHowever, the models are not significant, which could be the result of the somewhat limited sample size\r\nor the absence of control variables."^^ . "2021" . . . . . . . "Hendri"^^ . "Nijborg"^^ . "Hendri Nijborg"^^ . . . . . . "Influence of municipal mergers on election outcomes (Text)"^^ . . . "EINDVERSIE THESIS (1).pdf"^^ . . . "Influence of municipal mergers on election outcomes (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Influence of municipal mergers on election outcomes (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Influence of municipal mergers on election outcomes (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Influence of municipal mergers on election outcomes (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Influence of municipal mergers on election outcomes (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #3904 \n\nInfluence of municipal mergers on election outcomes\n\n" . "text/html" . .