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Examines electoral patterns in procedural and behavioral areas of the Apr. 11, 1996 elections; analyzes whether old patterns which prevailed during the authoritarian era continue to occur in the campaign process and voting behavior.

In this article we focus on the importance of campaign expenditures to electoral outcomes in the culture of Korea where party centralized leadership & regional linkages to political parties have cultivated party-centered politics. Using the candidate's vote share from the 2000 Korean National Assembly elections as the dependent variable, we find that both incumbent & challenger spending have a significant effect on electoral outcomes. As in the case of US congressional elections, challenger spending appears to have a greater effect upon a Korean candidate's vote share than incumbent spending. We also find that, while region is often a critical explanatory factor when examining Korean elections, its importance differs a great deal across the regions of Korea. 4 Tables, 2 Figures, 43 References. [Copyright 2004 Elsevier Ltd.]