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Do conditional cash transfer programs shift votes? Evidence from the Honduran PRAF
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In this paper, the experimental set up of a conditional cash transfer program to show that small, targeted cash transfers can have large electoral effects was used to evaluate the electoral influence of national social programs on local voting.About:
This article is published in Electoral Studies.The article was published on 2013-12-01. It has received 48 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Conditional cash transfer & Cash transfers.read more
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Retrospective Voting in American National Elections.
Heinz Eulau,Morris P. Fiorina +1 more
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Poverty and Vote Buying: Survey-Based Evidence from Africa
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse the sources of vote buying in sub-Saharan African using data from the Afrobarometer, focusing on the impact of poverty on vote buying at the individual-and country-level.
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Poverty and vote buying: Survey-based evidence from Africa
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse the sources of vote buying in sub-Saharan African using data from the Afrobarometer, focusing on the impact of poverty on vote buying at the individual-and country-level.
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Incorporating Marginal Citizens and Voters The Conditional Electoral Effects of Targeted Social Assistance in Latin America
TL;DR: In this article, the authors study how social assistance shapes election results across Latin America and develop a unified cross-national model that confirms that public assistance makes recipients more likely to turn out and, once at the polls, to vote for the incumbent.
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Realizing the Full Potential of Social Safety Nets in Africa [Les filets sociaux en Afrique comment realiser pleinement leur potential?]
TL;DR: In this article, a series of decisive shifts need to occur in three critical spheres: political, institutional, and financial: First, to recognize the role of politics in offering opportunities for expansion and in guiding design and program choice; Second, to anchor safety net programs in strong institutional arrangements that facilitate their expansion and sustainability; and third, to build sustainable financing through greater efficiency, more varied and predictable resources, and shock-responsive resources.
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An Economic Theory of Democracy
TL;DR: Downs presents a rational calculus of voting that has inspired much of the later work on voting and turnout as discussed by the authors, particularly significant was his conclusion that a rational voter should almost never bother to vote.
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Partisan Hearts and Minds: Political Parties and the Social Identities of Voters
TL;DR: Partisan Hearts and Minds as discussed by the authors is an authoritative study that demonstrates that identification with political parties powerfully determines how citizens look at politics and cast their ballots. And it is the most important theoretical contribution to the study of partisanship in the last two decades.
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The Deadlock of Democracy in Brazil
TL;DR: Ames et al. as mentioned in this paper investigated the effect of different electoral rules for election to Brazil's legislature and showed that the effects of these electoral rules varied with the number of candidates running for office.