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Farewell President! Political Favoritism, Economic Inequality, and Political Polarization
Cheng, Hui-Pei - 2020
This paper examines the effect of political favoritism on economic inequality in the short run and political polarization in the long run. We exploit the sudden death of an authoritarian leader - President Chiang Ching-Kuo of Taiwan - in 1988 to generate plausibly exogenous variation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012848617
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Electoral Clientelism or Relational Clientelism? Healthcare and Sterilization in Brazil
Nichter, Simeon - 2011
political support. Studies of clientelism should distinguish between substantively different patterns of machine politics. A … fundamental but often overlooked distinction lies between “electoral clientelism” and what I term “relational clientelism ….” Electoral clientelism delivers all payoffs to citizens before voting, and involves the threat of opportunistic defection by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014178115
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Varieties of Clientelism : Machine Politics During Elections
Gans-Morse, Jordan; Mazzuca, Sebastian; Nichter, Simeon - 2010
explain variation in patterns of clientelism during elections? We develop an analytical framework and formal model that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014192108
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Uncertainty, Political Clientelism, and Voter Turnout in Latin America : Why Parties Conduct Rallies in Argentina
Szwarcberg, Mariela - 2013
Party brokers have information about voters’ political preferences and their likelihood of turning out to vote, and are able to target clientelistic inducements and monitor voter participation in exchange for voters’ electoral support. Yet, brokers may also use the clientelistic inducements...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014192718
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Poverty, social networks, and clientelism
Ravanilla, Nico; Hicken, Allen - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 162 (2023), pp. 1-11
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226382
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Farewell President! Political Favoritism, Economic Inequality, and Political Polarization
Swee, Eik; Cheng, Hui-Pei - 2022
This paper examines the effect of political favoritism on economic inequality in the short run and political polarization in the long run. We exploit the sudden death of an authoritarian leader - President Chiang Ching-Kuo of Taiwan - in 1988 to generate plausibly exogenous variation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014240348
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Vote-buying, anti-corruption campaigns, and identity in African elections
Kao, Kristen; Lust-Okar, Ellen; Rakner, Lise - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 160 (2022), pp. 1-10
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013454136
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Clientelism and Voting Behavior : Empirical Evidence from Turkey
Abus, Murat - 2022
perspective of clientelism in Turkey as it is one of the worst cases of autocratization and has been ruled by the same party since …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014082173
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The anomalous electoral advantage : evidence from over 17,000 mayoral candidacies in Poland
Bartnicki, Sławomir; Alimowski, Maciej; Górecki, Maciej A. - In: European journal of political economy 72 (2022), pp. 1-21
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013346611
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Farewell President! Political Favoritism, Economic Inequality, and Political Polarization
Swee, Eik; Cheng, Hui-Pei - 2023
This paper examines the effect of political favoritism on economic inequality in the short run and political polarization in the long run. We exploit the sudden death of an authoritarian leader - President Chiang Ching-Kuo of Taiwan - in 1988 to generate plausibly exogenous variation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014357471