Political participation and the role of information

• Project/Area Number: 15H05391
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Tsuda University (2017-2018); Ryutsu Keizai University (2015-2016)
• Principal Investigator: Mori Yuko 津田塾大学, 学芸学部, 准教授 (10748198)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
• Budget Amount: ¥10,140,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,340,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥5,590,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,290,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: 投票行動 / インド / 情報 / マッチング分析 / 情報環境 / イデオロギー / メディア / 自信過剰バイアス / 選挙 / 経済政策 / 選挙調査 / 議席割り当て制度 / 議席割当制度 / マッチング推計

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I conducted two research projects focusing on India. Firstly, I used long-term panel data and showed that political reservation inhibited political competition and increased the vote share of right-wing party which has been mainly supported by upper-castes voters. Secondly, based on a field survey including 1700 voters, I showed that the information sources of politics are quite diversity and the effects of information depends on sources.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は多様な利害対立をもつ発展途上国インドに着目し、被差別集団に対する差別是正措置が政治競争や投票行動に与える影響および情報が知識、イデオロギー、利害対立に与える影響を明らかにし、発展途上国における利害調整機能や情報の欠如がもたらす諸問題について、新たな知見を提示した。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Does Political Reservation Affect Voting Behavior? Empirical Evidence from India (2016)
  • Author(s): Yuko Mori and Takashi Kurosaki
  • Journal Title: Economic and Political Weekly Volume: 51 Pages: 37-46
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] KONDO Norio, <i>Evolution of Indian Politics: Democracy in Diversity</i> (2016)
  • Author(s): 森 悠子
  • Journal Title: Asian Studies Volume: 62 Issue: 1 Pages: 31-35
  • DOI: 10.11479/asianstudies.62.1_31
  • NAID: 130005126152
  • ISSN: 0044-9237, 2188-2444
• [Presentation] Information, Overconfidence, and Ideology in Indian Elections (2019)
  • Author(s): Yuko Mori
  • Organizer: Workshop on Armed Conflict and Political Economy of Development
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Information, Overconfidence, and Ideology in Indian Elections (2018)
  • Author(s): Yuko Mori
  • Organizer: HIAS Hitotsubashi Summer Institute
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Information, Overconfidence, and Ideology in Indian Elections (2018)
  • Author(s): Yuko Mori
  • Organizer: The seminar on Twenty five years of decentralized governance in India: Status, Issues and the Way Forward
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Electoral Quota System and Political Competition: Empirical Evidence from Assembly Election in India (2016)
  • Author(s): Yuko Mori
  • Organizer: HDCA 2016 Conference: Capability and Diversity in a Global Society
  • Place of Presentation: 一橋大学（東京）
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-02
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Electoral Quota System and Political Competition: Empirical Evidence from Assembly Election in India (2016)
  • Author(s): Yuko Mori
  • Organizer: 2016 Human Development and Capability Association Conference in Tokyo
  • Place of Presentation: 一橋大学
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-31
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Remarks] Yuko Mori
  • URL: https://sites.google.com/site/yukomori17/