Abstract

SOTO-ZAZUETA, Irvin Mikhail. Perception of corruption and voting behavior in Culiacan. Rev.econ.inst. [online]. 2019, vol.21, n.41, pp.235-258.  Epub July 06, 2019. ISSN 0124-5996.  https://doi.org/10.18601/01245996.v21n41.10.

After several decades with scarce information about the relationship between corruption and electoral participation, recently some literature has emerged on this subject. There are several hypotheses that try to explain this phenomenon; one of them considers corruption as a mobilizing agent and another one as a paralyzing agent in electoral activities. In this paper, we study the role played by corruption over electoral participation in the municipality of Culiacán, with information obtained through a survey on political culture and electoral behavior. The statistical results suggest that the probability of voting is negatively related to higher levels of perceived corruption.

Keywords : Electoral participation; corruption; elections; electoral behavior; political institutions; JEL: D72, D73, K42.

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