Elections for Sale: The Causes and Consequences of Vote Buying

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	2007/227 pages/LC: 2006022544

The authors systematically explore a series of key questions: What exactly is vote buying? What are its underlying causes? Why does it occur in some places, but not in others? How does it affect political and economic development? Can it be educated or legislated away? Their work presents new theoretical insights, as well as fresh empirical evidence from Asia and Latin America.

• Introduction: Why Study Vote Buying?—F.C. Schaffer.
• What Is Vote Buying?—F.C. Schaffer and A. Schedler.
• WHEN AND HOW DO POLITICIANS BUY VOTES?
• When Does a Market for Votes Emerge? Historical and Theoretical Perspectives—F.E. Lehoucq.
• How Do Rules and Institutions Encourage Vote Buying?—A.D. Hicken.
• The Logistics: How to Buy Votes—C.-S. Wang and C. Kurzman.
• HOW DOES VOTE BUYING SHAPE POLITICS AND THE ECONOMY?
• Is Vote Buying Undemocratic?—S. Stokes.
• How Does Vote Buying Shape the Legislative Arena?—S.W. Desposato.
• How Does Vote Buying Shape the Economy?—J.-M. Baland and J.A. Robinson.
• IS REFORM POSSIBLE?
• How Effective Are Institutional Reforms?—A.D. Hicken.
• How Effective Is Voter Education?—F.C. Schaffer.
• CONCLUSION.
• Lessons Learned—F.C. Schaffer.