We examine the consequences of vote buying, assuming this practice were al-lowed and free of stigma. Two parties compete in a binary election and may purchase votes in a sequential bidding game via up-front binding payments and/or campaign promises (platforms) that are contingent upon the outcome of the elec-tion. We analyze the role of the partiesand voterspreferences in determining the winner and the payments to voters. JEL classi\u85cation: P16, C7
Political campaigns are usually seen either as a way of passing information about candidates' intend...
To enact a policy, a leader needs votes from committee members with heterogeneous opposition intensi...
We review a large formal literature on economic models of voting and electoral politics. We discuss ...
We examine the consequences of vote buying, assuming this practice were al-lowed and free of stigma....
We examine the consequences of lobbying and vote buying, assuming this prac-tice were allowed and fr...
We study vote buying by competing interest groups in a variety of electoral and contractual settings...
Abstract. In modern liberal democracies, offering individual voters in political elections mon-ey fo...
We examine the consequences of lobbying and vote buying, assuming this prac-tice were allowed and fr...
We examine the conditions under which vote buying may promote efficiency in an environment where vot...
The power of voters in a voting game (simple game) is viewed as the amount they would be paid by a l...
Abstract: This paper reports on recurring laboratory elections in which buyers and sellers choose in...
This dissertation consists of three chapters, which aim at exploring respectively: i) how parties’ a...
Anti-vote-buying campaigns led by NGOs and political elites denounce the practice as a crass economi...
Anti-vote buying campaigns led by NGOs and political elites denounce the practice as a crass economi...
Vote-buying is widely used by parties in developing countries to influence the outcome of elections....
Political campaigns are usually seen either as a way of passing information about candidates' intend...
To enact a policy, a leader needs votes from committee members with heterogeneous opposition intensi...
We review a large formal literature on economic models of voting and electoral politics. We discuss ...
We examine the consequences of vote buying, assuming this practice were al-lowed and free of stigma....
We examine the consequences of lobbying and vote buying, assuming this prac-tice were allowed and fr...
We study vote buying by competing interest groups in a variety of electoral and contractual settings...
Abstract. In modern liberal democracies, offering individual voters in political elections mon-ey fo...
We examine the consequences of lobbying and vote buying, assuming this prac-tice were allowed and fr...
We examine the conditions under which vote buying may promote efficiency in an environment where vot...
The power of voters in a voting game (simple game) is viewed as the amount they would be paid by a l...
Abstract: This paper reports on recurring laboratory elections in which buyers and sellers choose in...
This dissertation consists of three chapters, which aim at exploring respectively: i) how parties’ a...
Anti-vote-buying campaigns led by NGOs and political elites denounce the practice as a crass economi...
Anti-vote buying campaigns led by NGOs and political elites denounce the practice as a crass economi...
Vote-buying is widely used by parties in developing countries to influence the outcome of elections....
Political campaigns are usually seen either as a way of passing information about candidates' intend...
To enact a policy, a leader needs votes from committee members with heterogeneous opposition intensi...
We review a large formal literature on economic models of voting and electoral politics. We discuss ...
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