Lacking information or condoning corruption: when do voters support corrupt politicians?
In: Comparative politics, Band 45, Heft 4, S. 418-436
ISSN: 0010-4159
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In: Comparative politics, Band 45, Heft 4, S. 418-436
ISSN: 0010-4159
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In: Journal of Comparative Politics, 2012
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In: Comparative politics, Band 45, Heft 4, S. 418-436
ISSN: 2151-6227
In: Latin American politics and society, Band 53, Heft 4, S. 101-126
ISSN: 1531-426X
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In: Latin American politics and society, Band 53, Heft 4, S. 101-126
ISSN: 1548-2456
AbstractWhat is the relationship between voting and individual life satisfaction in Latin America? While studies of Western Europe suggest that voters are happier than nonvoters, this relationship has not been explored in the younger democracies of the developing world, including those of Latin America. Using multilevel regression models to examine individual-level survey data, this study shows a positive correlation between voting and happiness in the region, noting, however, that the relationship is attenuated in those countries that have enforced compulsory voting. We then explore the causal direction of this relationship: while the existing literature points to voting as a possible determinant of individual happiness, it is also possible that happier individuals are more likely to vote. Three different strategies are used to disentangle this relationship. On balance, the evidence suggests that individual happiness is more likely to be a cause rather than an effect of voting in Latin America.
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Theoretical literatures on procedural utility and the psychological benefits of political participation suggest that people who participate in political activities will be more satisfied with their lives because of the resulting feelings of autonomy, competence and relatedness. Individual-level data from Latin America show - in one dataset under study but not in another - a positive and statistically significant relationship between voting and life satisfaction. Variation in desire to vote as measured in Costa Rica, however, suggests that the causal arrow may run from happiness to voting. The use of multilevel models further reveals a consistent - but untheorized - cross-country negative relationship between enforced compulsory voting and happiness. Only preliminary results are found regarding the relationship between some other forms of political participation and life satisfaction.
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In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 138, S. 1-15
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In: The review of international organizations, Band 16, Heft 2, S. 431-462
ISSN: 1559-744X
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In: The review of international organizations, Band 16, Heft 2, S. 431-462
ISSN: 1559-744X
In: Journal of intervention and statebuilding, Band 12, Heft 4, S. 468-483
ISSN: 1750-2985
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 80, Heft 1, S. 133-148
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: Research & politics: R&P, Band 4, Heft 4, S. 205316801773520
ISSN: 2053-1680
How does information about the presence of foreign financing in a development project change people's perceptions of that project? Using an informational experiment in Bangladesh, we find that information about US financing of a specific development intervention sends a positive signal about project quality; this effect is concentrated among individuals who are the least likely to have been exposed to the information ex ante. The information does not change the already high demand for foreign aid but does help citizens target their demands toward the existing donor. That foreign funding can be a signal of project quality helps explain an existing finding in the literature that individuals prefer foreign aid projects to government projects.
In: Research in Experimental Economics, Volume 15 (New Advances in Experimental Research on Corruption). Danila Serra and Leonard Wantchekon, eds., Emerald Group Publishing, Forthcoming
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In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 169, S. 106305