1 ISSN 2079-7141 UAEU-CBE-Working Paper Series Title: Electoral Abstention and Voters’ Cognitive Environment: The Case of France Authors: François Facchini and Louis Jaeck Department: Economics and Finance No. 2017-03 Series Founding and Acting Editor: Prof. Dr. Abdulnasser Hatemi-J Copyright © 2010 by the UAE University. All rights reserved. No part of this paper may be reproduced in any form, or stored in a retrieval system, without prior permission of the authors. The views and conclusions expressed in this working paper are strictly those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent, and should not be reported as, those of the FBE/UAEU. The FBE and the editor take no responsibility for any errors, omissions in, or for the correctness of, the information contained in this working paper.