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Inequality and voting in fragile countries : evidence from Mozambique
Bove, Margherita; Egger, Eva-Maria; Jones, Sam; … - 2024
economic inequality affects voting and other forms of political participation. This evidence is largely driven by advanced … initial theoretical predictions, we find evidence for a positive association between voter turnout and inequality in rural …. In line with prior theoretical expectations, we find a negative association between inequality and voting for the …
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Absolute versus relative inequality and social preferences : a comparative study between Mozambique and Viet Nam
Ferreira, Ines A.; Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Tarp, Finn - 2025
Knowledge of the factors driving people's views on redistribution in the Global South remains limited. While these societies occupy top positions in inequality rankings, redistribution levels tend to be lower. We combine survey and experimental data from Mozambique and Viet Nam to test whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015395454
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Does the African middle class defend democracy? : evidence from Kenya
Cheeseman, Nic - 2014
Barrington Moore's famous line 'no bourgeoisie, no democracy' is one of the most quoted claims in political science. But has the rise of the African middle class promoted democratic consolidation? This paper uses the case of Kenya to investigate the attitudes and behaviours of the middle class....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010381387
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Racial bias and the validity of the Implicit Association Test
Lee, Daniel J. - 2016
Implicit associations and biases are carried without awareness of conscious direction. In this paper, I develop a model to study giving behaviours under conditions of implicit bias. I test this model by implementing a novel laboratory experiment - a Dictator Game with sorting to study both these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458261
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Moral reputation and political selection in a decentralized democracy : theory and evidence from India
Banerjee, Prasenjit; Iversen, Vegard; Mitra, Sandip; … - 2020
What motivates individuals to become politicians? This is an important question in decentralized democracies, where local politicians play a key role in public goods provision. However, and in emerging economies, bureaucratic hurdles and administrative failures introduce uncertainty about the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012173954
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Politicians and their promises in an uncertain world : evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment in India
Banerjee, Prasenjit; Iversen, Vegard; Mitra, Sandip; … - 2019
In emerging economies, pro-social policy outcomes may be prevented by bureaucratic inefficiency, capture by elected or non-elected office holders, or by other hurdles. For local citizens, uncertainty about the true cause of such failures often prevails. We study the pro-sociality of politicians'...
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War violence, nationalism, and party support : evidence from Italy
Lemoli, Giacomo; Gennaro, Gloria - 2023
Under what conditions can legacies of past violence shape political behaviour? We propose a theory of how war victimization defines attitudes over the long run, and how these can be activated by changes in the political environment. We argue that exposure to violence by members of a different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013548944
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Why are Mexican politicians being assassinated? : the role of oil theft and narcocracy and the electoral consequences of organized crime
Gutiérrez-Romero, Roxana; Iturbe, Nayely - 2023
political violence to influence which candidate wins local elections in strategic areas and retaliate when state action … turnout. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013549898
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Elites and institutional persistence
Robinson, James Alan - 2010
Particular sets of institutions, once they become established in a society, have a strong tendency to persist. In this paper I argue that understanding how elites form and reproduce is key to understanding the persistence of institutions over time. I illustrate this idea with a simple political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008662178
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Misuse of institutions : lessons from Transition
Poliščuk, Leonid - 2010
The paper explores a phenomenon often observed in transition economies, when newly established institutions are misused, i.e., applied or resorted to for reasons which have little in common with their intended or anticipated purpose. In such incidences institutions become sources of private...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008662276