Kawanaka, Takeshi; Asaba, Yuki - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011
The difficulty of holding fair elections continues to be a critical problem in many newly democratized countries. The … electoral administration system has two main functions: to disclose the nature of elections and to prevent fraud. We argue in … incentive to disclose the information on the elections and to secure the ruler's credible commitment to fair elections. We …