Political activism as a determinant of clientelistic transfers: Evidence from an Indian public works program

Nancy Chau, Yanyan Liu () and Vidhya Soundararajan

No 1700, IFPRI discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This paper contributes to the literature by developing a model of political clientelism based on an under-explored citizen attribute - political activism, in addition to two other attributes: political affiliation and income. The model uncovers the role of "politically active" individuals in their ability to influence and shape opinion, as well as the inclination of politicians to offer targeted transfers to this group in order to indirectly influence other voters (ie., activists or undecided voters).

Keywords: politics; political parties; information transfer; India; Southern Asia; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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Working Paper: Political Activism as a Determinant of Clientelistic Transfers: Evidence from an Indian Public Works Program (2018)
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