TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Finan, Frederico S.
AU  - Schechter, Laura
        TI  - Vote-Buying and Reciprocity
        PY  - 2011/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5965
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp5965
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - redistributive politics
KW  - reciprocity
KW  - vote-buying
KW  - voting
KW  - social preferences
        ER  -