When money can’t buy political love: lab experiments on vote buying in Ghana and Uganda
Citizens who reject bribery in the context of democratic political processes might view the exchange of money for votes as illegitimate, even if they enjoy reciprocal relationships with politicians in other contexts. We test this using lab-in-the-field experiments in Ghana and Uganda. Participants p...
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| author | Burbidge, D Cheeseman, N Panin, A |
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| description | Citizens who reject bribery in the context of democratic political processes might view the
exchange of money for votes as illegitimate, even if they enjoy reciprocal relationships with
politicians in other contexts. We test this using lab-in-the-field experiments in Ghana and
Uganda. Participants play the roles of voters and candidates with opportunities to bribe. Voters
are more likely to vote for a candidate who had the opportunity to bribe but refrained from doing
so. Respondents who have had positive experiences of elections were more likely to reward nonbribing candidates These findings suggest that the lab-in-the-field results are best explained by
democratic values among some respondents. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:58b9007b-d06c-420c-96c0-06baaea51d982024-10-25T15:28:30ZWhen money can’t buy political love: lab experiments on vote buying in Ghana and UgandaJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:58b9007b-d06c-420c-96c0-06baaea51d98EnglishSymplectic ElementsUniversity of Chicago Press2024Burbidge, DCheeseman, NPanin, ACitizens who reject bribery in the context of democratic political processes might view the exchange of money for votes as illegitimate, even if they enjoy reciprocal relationships with politicians in other contexts. We test this using lab-in-the-field experiments in Ghana and Uganda. Participants play the roles of voters and candidates with opportunities to bribe. Voters are more likely to vote for a candidate who had the opportunity to bribe but refrained from doing so. Respondents who have had positive experiences of elections were more likely to reward nonbribing candidates These findings suggest that the lab-in-the-field results are best explained by democratic values among some respondents. |
| spellingShingle | Burbidge, D Cheeseman, N Panin, A When money can’t buy political love: lab experiments on vote buying in Ghana and Uganda |
| title | When money can’t buy political love: lab experiments on vote buying in Ghana and Uganda |
| title_full | When money can’t buy political love: lab experiments on vote buying in Ghana and Uganda |
| title_fullStr | When money can’t buy political love: lab experiments on vote buying in Ghana and Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | When money can’t buy political love: lab experiments on vote buying in Ghana and Uganda |
| title_short | When money can’t buy political love: lab experiments on vote buying in Ghana and Uganda |
| title_sort | when money can t buy political love lab experiments on vote buying in ghana and uganda |
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