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Miettinen, Topi - 2006

We argue that anti-corruption laws may provide an efficiency rationale for why political parties should meddle in the distribution of political nominations and government contracts. Anti-corruption laws forbid trade in spoils that politicians distribute. However, citizens may pay for gaining...

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Political parties and network formation

Miettinen, Topi (contributor); Poutvaara, Panu (contributor) - 2006

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Poverty, social networks, and clientelism

Ravanilla, Nico; Hicken, Allen - 2021

Why are the poor susceptible to clientelism, and what factors shield them from the influence of vote buying? We explore … channelled through informal networks. To test our theory, we build the informal, family-based network linkages between voters and …

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Poverty, social networks, and clientelism

Ravanilla, Nico; Hicken, Allen - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 162 (2023), pp. 1-11

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Political Connections and Firms : Network Dimensions

Bussolo, Maurizio - 2018

Business and politician interaction is pervasive but has mostly been analysed with a binary approach. Yet the network dimensions of such connections are ubiquitous. We use a unique dataset for seven economies that documents politically exposed persons (PEPs) and their links to companies,...

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Political Connections and Firms : Network Dimensions

Bussolo, Maurizio - 2018

Business and politicians' interaction is pervasive but has mostly been analyzed with a binary approach, i.e. either a firm is connected to a politician or not. Yet the network dimensions of such connections are ubiquitous. This paper uses use a unique data set for seven economies that documents...

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