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dc.titleResearch Insights: What Explains Vote Buying in Elections?
dc.contributor.authorHanusch, Marek
dc.contributor.authorKeefer, Philip
dc.contributor.authorVlaicu, Razvan
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.date.available2019-12-23T09:00:00
dc.date.issue2019-12-23T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractTo understand why parties buy votes, a study analyzed electoral competition where parties can use both vote buying and policy promises. Parties can renege on the promises after the election. Greater vote buying is associated with less fulfillment of campaign promises, greater rent-seeking by parties and stronger electoral competition. Parties that renege more often and are less competent also promise less. The results account for stylized facts and apparent anomalies regarding vote buying, including the difficulty of transitioning from clientelist to policy-based electoral competition.
dc.format.extent4
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002094
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Research_Insights_What_Explains_Vote_Buying_in_Elections_en.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Perspectivas_de_investigación_Cómo_se_explica_la_compra_de_votos_en_elecciones_es.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectElections
dc.subjectPolitical Economy
dc.subjectVote Buying
dc.subject.jelcodeD72 - Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
dc.subject.jelcodeH20 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General
dc.subject.jelcodeO10 - Economic Development: General
dc.subject.jelcodeH50 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General
dc.typeCatalogs and Brochures
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-00248
idb.operationBK-C1102
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