(1975 - 2009). We find an increase in the growth rate of M1 during election months of about one tenth of a standard … is related to systemic vote buying which requires significant amounts of cash at election times. The finely timed …

increase in the growth rate of M1 during election months of about one tenth of a standard deviation. A similar effect can … neither be detected in established OECD democracies nor in the months leading up to the election. The effect is larger in … election month monetary expansion is demand driven and can be best explained by systemic vote buying. Systemic vote buying …

high entry barriers on markets. We propose a theory that explains why in a democracy the majority of voters may prefer this …

suggest that while civil service reforms might weaken the bureaucratic clientelism, the pre-existing patronclient relations … political consolidation in the young democracy. …

employees who were paid using taxpayers' money. We examine whether being involved in the scandal influenced re-election … of the 2013 state elections. We propose three explanations: (i) the Bavarian state election was a test run for the German … federal election; (ii) the state government made a quite good job of clarifying failings; (iii) in June 2013, a very heavy …

state and federal elections. We examine whether being involved in the scandal influenced re-election prospects and voter …

Unlike much of the growing literature on political clientelism, this short paper contains mainly the author's general … reflections on the broad issues of governance (or mis-governance including corruption), democracy, and state capacity that … clientelism has an impact on. It then analyses how its incidence changes with the process of development, and the kind of policy …

This paper provides experimental evidence on the electoral effect of a large education reform in a developing democracy …