This paper aims to study the effects of exposure to corruption on all the aspects of political participation. Focusing on Italian municipalities in the period 1999–2014, we generate a daily and local measure of exposure to corruption, screening newspaper articles of the main Italian press agency. We concentrate on local elections and, in an event-study analysis, we find three main results. First, corruption exposure affects citizens' participation in election by reducing voter turnout. Second, corruption impacts on politicians’ participation: the number of candidates and electoral lists decreases after a scandal and candidates with political tenure are more likely to run. Finally, these changes affect local political outcomes as tenured politicians are more likely to be elected, while freshmen lose ground. These results suggest that exposure to corruption has general and negative effects on political participation, leading people to lose interest in politics.

本文旨在研究腐败暴露对政治参与各个方面的影响。以 1999 年至 2014 年期间的意大利城市为重点，我们生成每日和当地的腐败暴露情况，筛选意大利主要新闻机构的报纸文章。我们专注于地方选举，在事件研究分析中，我们发现了三个主要结果。首先，腐败暴露通过降低选民投票率影响公民参与选举。二、腐败对政治家的影响参与：丑闻发生后候选人和选举名单的数量减少，有政治任期的候选人更有可能参选。Finally, these changes affect local political outcomes as tenured politicians are more likely to be elected, while freshmen lose ground. 这些结果表明，腐败对政治参与具有普遍的负面影响，导致人们对政治失去兴趣。