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    Economic intimidation in contemporary elections : evidence from Romania and Bulgaria
    (Cambridge University Press, 2018) Mares, Isabela; Muntean, Aurelian; Petrova, Tsveta
    This article examines electoral intimidation of voters at their workplace in contemporary new democracies. What is the relative importance of workplace intimidation in the broader portfolio of clientelistic strategies used by politicians at times of elections? What explains the subnational variation in the incidence of this electoral strategy? We answer these questions using empirical evidence from two East European countries– Romania and Bulgaria. We assess the prevalence of non-programmatic electoral mobilization in these countries by using list experiments, a survey methodology that elicits unbiased and truthful responses to sensitive political questions. We nd that in both countries, workplace intimidation is an important component in the repertoire of non- programmatic mobilization used at election times. Workplace intimidation is especially pervasive in localities dominated by a small number of large employ- ers. The importance of economic intimidation in the portfolio of clientelistic strategies declines as the economic heterogeneity of the locality increases.
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    Keep the (social) distance! : turnout and risk perception during health crisis
    (Springer Nature, 2024) Stancea, Andreea; Muntean, Aurelian
    This article investigates the relationship between risk perception and electoral participation of citizens. To assess this, we use the case study of the novel coronavirus and its relationship with voter turnout during the 2020 Romanian elections. We assess the relationship between COVID-19 and citizens’ intention to cast a vote by employing an individual model. Additionally, using the share rate of the infected population with COVID-19, we examine the association between the intensity of the outbreak across counties and electoral participation. Either though our research is cross-sectional and focuses on covariation rather than causal relationships, provides insightful results. The individual model shows that the higher the risk perception of infection is, the lower the intention to cast a vote. The aggregated exploratory model employed shows that an increase in the percentage of the shared infected population decreases the chance of electoral participation.