Politician family networks and electoral outcomes: evidence from the Philippines
We demonstrate the importance of politician social networks for electoral outcomes. Using largescale data on family networks from over 20 million individuals in 15,000 villages in the Philippines, we show that candidates for public office are disproportionately drawn from more central families and f...
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| author | Cruz, C Labonne, J Querubin, P |
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| description | We demonstrate the importance of politician social networks for electoral outcomes. Using largescale data on family networks from over 20 million individuals in 15,000 villages in the Philippines, we show that candidates for public office are disproportionately drawn from more central families and family network centrality contributes to higher vote shares during the elections. Consistent with our theory of political intermediation, we present evidence that family network centrality facilitates relationships of political exchange. Moreover, we show that family networks exercise an effect independent of wealth, historical elite status, or previous electoral success. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:41eef5ff-9f1d-4e95-9a53-b8d8c9c836832022-03-26T14:46:29ZPolitician family networks and electoral outcomes: evidence from the PhilippinesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:41eef5ff-9f1d-4e95-9a53-b8d8c9c83683Symplectic Elements at OxfordAmerican Economic Association2017Cruz, CLabonne, JQuerubin, PWe demonstrate the importance of politician social networks for electoral outcomes. Using largescale data on family networks from over 20 million individuals in 15,000 villages in the Philippines, we show that candidates for public office are disproportionately drawn from more central families and family network centrality contributes to higher vote shares during the elections. Consistent with our theory of political intermediation, we present evidence that family network centrality facilitates relationships of political exchange. Moreover, we show that family networks exercise an effect independent of wealth, historical elite status, or previous electoral success. |
| spellingShingle | Cruz, C Labonne, J Querubin, P Politician family networks and electoral outcomes: evidence from the Philippines |
| title | Politician family networks and electoral outcomes: evidence from the Philippines |
| title_full | Politician family networks and electoral outcomes: evidence from the Philippines |
| title_fullStr | Politician family networks and electoral outcomes: evidence from the Philippines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Politician family networks and electoral outcomes: evidence from the Philippines |
| title_short | Politician family networks and electoral outcomes: evidence from the Philippines |
| title_sort | politician family networks and electoral outcomes evidence from the philippines |
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