@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp5965, author={Finan, Frederico S. and Schechter, Laura}, title={Vote-Buying and Reciprocity}, year={2011}, month={Sep}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={5965}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp5965}, abstract={While vote-buying is common, little is known about how politicians determine who to target. We argue that vote-buying can be sustained by an internalized norm of reciprocity. Receiving money engenders feelings of obligation. Combining survey data on vote-buying with an experiment-based measure of reciprocity, we show that politicians target reciprocal individuals. Overall, our findings highlight the importance of social preferences in determining political behavior.}, keywords={redistributive politics;reciprocity;vote-buying;voting;social preferences}, }