commitments to pursue group interests. Other work, however, emphasizes the lack of political credibility as a source of adverse … these positions. The evidence is inconsistent with the credibility of party commitments to pursue collective ethnic … preferences are more affected by factors, such as gift-giving, often associated with low political credibility. These findings …

-electoral transfers in a world of full political credibility. The enforcement of a prohibition on vote-buying reduces the welfare of those …

information and politician credibility. Parties organized around particular individuals, rather than around policy labels or a … voter information and political credibility, and to limit political budget cycles. Previous research has also shown larger …

coups. But while reducing the risk of conflict overall, increasing credibility can, over some range, worsen the effects of … natural resources and ethnic fragmentation on civil war. Empirical tests using various measures of political credibility …