Promises, Promises : Vote-Buying and the Electoral Mobilization Strategies of Non-Credible Politicians

Promises, Promises : Vote-Buying and the Electoral Mobilization Strategies of Non-Credible Politicians

Vote-buying is pervasive, but not everywhere. What explains significant variations across countries in the greater use of pre-electoral transfers to mobilize voters relative to the use of pre-electoral promises of post-electoral transfers? This pap...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hanusch, Marek, Keefer, Philip
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
VOTE BUYING
CLIENT
ELECTION ADMISNITRATION
CREDIBLE COMMITTMENT
POLICITAL ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS
BUDGET CONSTRAINT
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
BUDGET CYCLE
GOVERNMENT FINANCING
BUSINESS CYCLE
GENERAL GOVERNMENT FINAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES
COLLECTIVE ACTION
VOTERS
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
NATIONAL INCOME
DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY
DEMOCRATIC POLITIES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELECTION
ELECTION FRAUD
ELECTORAL PROCESS
EXPENDITURE
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
FINAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
FISCAL TRANSPARENCY
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GOVERNMENT POLICY
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS
MODERN ECONOMIC GROWTH
NATIONAL BUDGET
NEW DEMOCRACIES
PARTY LEADERS
POLITICAL BUSINESS CYCLE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE
POLITICAL INCENTIVES
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL SCIENCE
PUBLIC GOOD
SOCIAL WELFARE
TAX REVENUES
TRANSFER PROGRAMS
VOTER BEHAVIOR
VOTING
VOTING BEHAVIOR
VOTING BLOCS
WELFARE BENEFITS
WELFARE CONSEQUENCES
WELFARE LOSS TRANSFER PROGRAMS
WELFARE SERVICES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18400395/promises-promises-vote-buying-electoral-mobilization-strategies-non-credible-politicians
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16868

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18400395/promises-promises-vote-buying-electoral-mobilization-strategies-non-credible-politicians
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16868

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