%0 Report
        %A Finan, Frederico S.
%A Schechter, Laura
        %T Vote-Buying and Reciprocity
        %D 2011
        %8 2011 Sep
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 5965
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp5965
        %X 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.
        %K redistributive politics
%K reciprocity
%K vote-buying
%K voting
%K social preferences