Various Forms of Corruption, Voting Behavior and Electoral Outcomes

Abstract

In this panel, we encourage participants to come up with ways to test how different forms of corruption (bribes, patronage, political scandals, etc.) affect voting behavior of citizens and/or electoral outcomes. Moreover, papers that come up with ways to test varying levels of the severity of the corruption involved in the study are also welcome.

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