Political activism as a determinant of clientelistic transfers: Evidence from an Indian public works program
This paper contributes to the literature by developing a model of political clientelism based on an under-explored citizen attribute - political activism, in addition to two other attributes: political affiliation and income. The model uncovers the role of "politically active" individuals in their a...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Chau, Nancy H. Liu, Yanyan Soundararajan, Vidhya |
| author_browse | Chau, Nancy H. Liu, Yanyan Soundararajan, Vidhya |
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| description | This paper contributes to the literature by developing a model of political clientelism based on an under-explored citizen attribute - political activism, in addition to two other attributes: political affiliation and income. The model uncovers the role of "politically active" individuals in their ability to influence and shape opinion, as well as the inclination of politicians to offer targeted transfers to this group in order to indirectly influence other voters (ie., activists or undecided voters). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1481232025-11-06T05:53:59Z Political activism as a determinant of clientelistic transfers: Evidence from an Indian public works program Chau, Nancy H. Liu, Yanyan Soundararajan, Vidhya politics political parties information transfer This paper contributes to the literature by developing a model of political clientelism based on an under-explored citizen attribute - political activism, in addition to two other attributes: political affiliation and income. The model uncovers the role of "politically active" individuals in their ability to influence and shape opinion, as well as the inclination of politicians to offer targeted transfers to this group in order to indirectly influence other voters (ie., activists or undecided voters). 2017 2024-06-21T09:23:53Z 2024-06-21T09:23:53Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148123 en application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Chau, Nancy H.; Liu, Yanyan; and Soundararajan, Vidhya. 2017. Political activism as a determinant of clientelistic transfers: Evidence from an Indian public works program. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1700. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148123 |
| spellingShingle | politics political parties information transfer Chau, Nancy H. Liu, Yanyan Soundararajan, Vidhya Political activism as a determinant of clientelistic transfers: Evidence from an Indian public works program |
| title | Political activism as a determinant of clientelistic transfers: Evidence from an Indian public works program |
| title_full | Political activism as a determinant of clientelistic transfers: Evidence from an Indian public works program |
| title_fullStr | Political activism as a determinant of clientelistic transfers: Evidence from an Indian public works program |
| title_full_unstemmed | Political activism as a determinant of clientelistic transfers: Evidence from an Indian public works program |
| title_short | Political activism as a determinant of clientelistic transfers: Evidence from an Indian public works program |
| title_sort | political activism as a determinant of clientelistic transfers evidence from an indian public works program |
| topic | politics political parties information transfer |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148123 |
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