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Corruption, competition, and contracts : a model of vote buying /
In the presence of competing interest groups, this paper examines how the form of votebuying contracts affects policy outcomes. We study contracts contingent upon individual votes, policy outcomes, and/or vote shares. Voters either care about their individual votes, or about the policy outcome. We f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Autores Corporativos: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
International Monetary Fund,
©2006.
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| Colección: | IMF working paper ;
WP/06/11. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the presence of competing interest groups, this paper examines how the form of votebuying contracts affects policy outcomes. We study contracts contingent upon individual votes, policy outcomes, and/or vote shares. Voters either care about their individual votes, or about the policy outcome. We find that vote buying is cheaper when what can be contracted upon coincides with what voters care about. Vote buying becomes extremely costly, or even impossible, when there is no such coincidence. Finally, vote buying is extremely cheap, or even free, when contracts can be contingent upon both individual votes and vote shares. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (21 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1283516667 9781283516662 9781451908077 1451908075 |