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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Main Authors: Hanusch, Marek, Keefer, Philip
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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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