A side effect of a broker's expertise in clientelism: A lab‐experimental study

Han Il Chang

Bulletin of Economic Research, 2021, vol. 73, issue 3, 393-410

Abstract: Drawing on studies from across the social sciences, this study explores a possibility that brokers affect vote choices via a psychological channel. Given that the information a broker utilizes for the efficient delivery of private transfers affects voters’ expectations of receiving those transfers, neglected voters may defect from voting for the broker's boss out of anger resulting from frustrated expectations, and this is likely to be the case particularly in a competitive election and among indifferent voters. Results from a lab experiment are consistent with the proposed possibility.

Date: 2021
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