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 …

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 …

promises, and explores the distributional consequences of this decision, in a setting where party credibility can vary. When … campaign promises. When political credibility is sufficiently low, some voter groups are targeted only with vote buying and not …

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