“Todo está guardado en la memoria”: The Aftermath of State Violence in Argentina
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2023
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Einstoss Mastracchio, Sebastián
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Murphy, Tomás
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Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía
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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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Fil: Einstoss Mastracchio, Sebastián. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina.
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Einstoss Mastracchio, S. (2023). “Todo está guardado en la memoria”: The Aftermath of State Violence in Argentina. [Tesis de maestría, Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía]. Repositorio Digital San Andrés. https://repositorio.udesa.edu.ar/handle/10908/23917