Democracy’s Achilles Heel or, How to Win an Election without Really Trying.

In this paper we investigate the efficacy of illicit electoral tactics and the characteristics which make a society prone to such tactics. We first investigate the chances of an incumbent head of government winning an election. We find that in those elections in which illicit tactics were prevalent...

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Auteurs principaux: Collier, P, Hoeffler, A
Format: Working paper
Langue:English
Publié: CSAE (University of Oxford) 2009