Clientelism, Contagious Voting and Governance

Article Type

Research Article

Publication Title

Economica

Abstract

This paper explains inferior quality of governance in less affluent countries in terms of a patron–client relationship between political parties and a large section of voters. The client voters resort to strategic voting, which is shown to be contagious, leading to suboptimal effort choice by the incumbent government and a higher probability for the incumbent to remain in power. The possibility of competition between the incumbent and the opposition, in terms of expenditure on political propaganda, actually helps the incumbent and reinforces these results.

First Page

518

Last Page

531

DOI

10.1111/ecca.12265

Publication Date

7-1-2018

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