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“Todo está guardado en la memoria”: The Aftermath of State Violence in Argentina

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  • Sebastián Einstoss

    (Department of Economics, Universidad de San Andrés)

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Can the memorials honoring the victims of state violence influence present-day elections? This paper examines a natural experiment within the Argentinean electoral system to investigate the causal link between one type of memorial and current electoral outcomes. The results show that the presence of “Baldosas por la memoria” (tiles commemorating victims of the 1976-1983 military dictatorship in Argentina) is associated with a significant drop in null votes. Furthermore, my findings suggest that these monuments could be leveraged to impact a particular right-wing political party. The hypothesis behind this result is that these tiles produce a revitalizing effect on the perceived importance of democracy.

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  • Sebastián Einstoss, 2024. "“Todo está guardado en la memoria”: The Aftermath of State Violence in Argentina," Young Researchers Working Papers 14, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia, revised Jul 2024.
    • Handle: RePEc:sad:ypaper:14
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    Keywords

    Elections; Argentina; Dictatorship; Memorials; State Violence;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • N46 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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