Corruption’s Effect on Electoral Behavior: The Effects of Micro and Macro Factors

Abstract

This panel encourages participants to use multi-level designs to test mechanisms at the micro and macro level that explain a voter’s response to corruption and/or outcomes in elections. For example, how do individual level factors/attitudes/perceptions interact with structural level factors such as electoral institutions, party systems, access to information, inequality, etc. in determining whether an individual abstains from voting in the face of corruption, votes for an alternative or continues to support his or her preferred party?

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