Carrots and sticks: Experimental evidence of vote-buying and voter intimidation in Guatemala
Abstract
How do parties target intimidation and vote-buying during elections? Parties prefer the use of carrots over sticks because they are in the business of getting voters to like them and expect higher legitimacy costs if observers expose intimidation. However, their brokers sometimes choose intimidation because it is cheaper and possibly more effective than vote-buying. Specifically, we contend that brokers use intimidation when the cost of buying...
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Title
Carrots and sticks: Experimental evidence of vote-buying and voter intimidation in Guatemala
Published Date
Dec 17, 2019
Journal
Volume
57
Issue
1
Pages
46 - 61
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