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Vote buying and redistribution [PDF]
Public Choice, 2022 AbstractVote buying is a form of political clientelism involving pre-electoral transfers of money or material benefits from candidates to voters. Despite the presence of secret ballots, vote buying remains a pervasive phenomenon during elections in developing countries.
Guerra, Alice, Justesen, Mogens K.
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Vote-Buying and Reciprocity [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 While vote-buying is common, little is known about how politicians determine who to target. We argue that vote-buying can be sustained by an internalized norm of reciprocity. Receiving money engenders feelings of obligation. Combining survey data on vote-buying with an experiment-based measure of reciprocity, we show that politicians target reciprocal ...
Finan, Frederico S., Schechter, Laura
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008 Vote-buying is widely used by parties in developing countries to influence the outcome of elections. We examine the impact of vote-buying on growth. We consider a model with a poverty trap where redistribution can promote growth. We show that vote-buying contributes to the persistence of poverty as taxed wealthy people buy votes from poor people.
Hans Gersbach, Felix Mühe
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Vote Buying in Indonesia [PDF]
, 2019 This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book investigates the impact of vote buying on the accountability of democratic institutions and policy representation in newly democratic countries, with a focus on Indonesia. In doing so, the book presents a wide-ranging study of the dynamics of vote buying in Indonesia’s young democracy ...
Muhtadi, Burhanuddin
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Latin American Research Review, 2018 How does the presence of a large group of remittance recipients in the electorate affect the way political parties in Latin America plan their vote-buying operations during electoral campaigns?
Ezequiel González-Ocantos +2 more
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Vote buying in Argentina [PDF]
Latin American Research Review, 2004 We analyze vote buying in Argentina-the payment by political parties of minor benefits (food, clothing, cash) to citizens in exchangefor their votes. How widespread is vote buying in Argentina, and what is the profile of the typical vote "seller"? Did the shift toward a neoliberal economic model in the 1990s increase or reduce vote buying?
Brusco, Valeria +2 more
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Vote Buying In Lampung Local Election
Mimbar, 2017 Vote buying in elections, both general elections and local elections is a phenomenon in Indonesian politics. Lampung Province has implemented direct elections simultaneously in December 2015 and February 2017.
Robi Cahyadi Kurniawan +3 more
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CONSISTENCY AND VOTE BUYING: INCOME, EDUCATION, AND ATTITUDES ABOUT VOTE BUYING IN INDONESIA [PDF]
Journal of East Asian Studies, 2017 AbstractThis article examines ambivalence—the simultaneous holding of two or more conflicting values or beliefs about a political issue—among Indonesian citizens’ attitudes about vote buying. Using an original survey taken during the 2014 Indonesian elections, we analyse the factors related both to citizens’ normative views about vote buying and their ...
George Towar Ikbal Tawakkal +3 more
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Vote-Buying, Anti-Corruption Campaigns, and Identity in African Elections
World Development, 2022 The literature on democracies in the developing world paints a picture of rampant vote buying. A growing research field has shed light on how politicians decide whom to target, how individuals view vote buying, and the consequences of such practices. Yet,
Rakner, Lise +2 more
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