We examine the relationship between inheritance rules and voter turnout. Inheritance rules are measured by entailed farms in South Tyrol: land properties whose inheritance is regulated by a law similar to the right of primogeniture. Using data for municipalities between 1998 and 2010, we show that voter turnout is high in municipalities with many entailed farms relative to population. The effect is based on local elections. If the number of entailed farms per 100 inhabitants increases by one standard deviation, voting turnout in municipal and provincial elections increases by around 1.27 and 1.43 percentage points (around 25 and 35% of a standard deviation). Our results suggest that entailed farm owners themselves are more likely to vote, and that entailed farms owners encourage other citizens of their municipality to participate in local elections.

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继承规则会影响选民投票率吗？来自阿尔卑斯地区的证据

我们研究了继承规则和选民投票率之间的关系。继承规则由南蒂罗尔的继承农场衡量：土地财产的继承受类似于长子继承权的法律规定。使用 1998 年至 2010 年间的城市数据，我们表明，相对于人口而言，拥有许多相关农场的城市的选民投票率很高。效果基于地方选举。如果每 100 名居民涉及的农场数量增加一个标准差，市和省选举的投票率将增加约 1.27 和 1.43 个百分点（标准差的约 25% 和 35%）。我们的结果表明，被牵连的农场主自己更有可能投票，