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Gnassingbé Eyadéma, unprecedented levels of violence erupted across the country adding to the history of troubled elections in … Africa and one seriously marred by violence. The study was conducted following the methodology as under: Collecting, sorting … by the violence regardless of their ethnicity and wealth. The chances of being a victim of violence were higher in where …
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election held in Africa and one seriously marred by violence.  We designed and conducted a nationwide field experiment based on … randomized anti-violence grassroots campaigning.  We find direct effects on violence outcomes from exploring both subject … that the violence was systematically dissociated from incumbents.  We suggest that incumbents have a comparative advantage …
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election held in Africa and one seriously marred by violence. We designed and conducted a nationwide field experiment based on … randomized anti-violence grassroots campaigning. We find direct effects on violence outcomes from exploring both subject … that the violence was systematically dissociated from incumbents. We suggest that incumbents have a comparative advantage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009642333
election held in Africa and one seriously marred by violence. We designed and conducted a nationwide field experiment based on … randomized anti-violence grassroots campaigning. We find direct effects on violence outcomes from exploring both subject … that the violence was systematically dissociated from incumbents. We suggest that incumbents have a comparative advantage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005597150
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Vote-buying-or the pre-electoral distribution of private goods in exchange for support at the ballot box-is often blamed for the poor economic performance of many sub-Saharan countries. For instance, vote-buying may undermine accountability and the implementation of sound development policies by...
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Vote-buying-or the pre-electoral distribution of private goods in exchange for support at the ballot box-is often blamed for the poor economic performance of many sub-Saharan countries. For instance, vote-buying may undermine accountability and the implementation of sound development policies by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705327
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We test the predictions of a behavioral model of transactional electoral politics in the context of a randomized anti-vote-selling intervention in the Philippines. We model selling one’s vote as a temptation good: it creates positive utility for the future self at the moment of voting, but not...
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Vote-buying is widely used by parties in developing countries to influence the outcome of elections. We examine the impact of vote-buying on growth. We consider a model with a poverty trap where redistribution can promote growth. We show that vote-buying contributes to the persistence of poverty...
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