This paper uses unique survey data to provide, for the first time in the literature, direct evidence that vote buying in poor economies is associated with lower provision of public services that disproportionately benefit the poor. Various features of the data and the institutional context allow the interpretation of this correlation as the equilibrium policy consequence of clientelist politics, ruling out alternate explanations (such as, for example...
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ПОДРОБНАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ
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2013/01/01
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Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики
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WPS6339
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2013/01/01
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Disclosed
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Buying votes vs. supplying public services : political incentives to under-invest in pro-poor policies
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vote buying