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A side effect of a broker's expertise in clientelism: A lab‐experimental study
Author(s) -
Chang Han Il
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bulletin of economic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-8586
pISSN - 0307-3378
DOI - 10.1111/boer.12254
Subject(s) - clientelism , voting , boss , affect (linguistics) , economics , voting behavior , microeconomics , anger , social psychology , political science , psychology , politics , law , metallurgy , democracy , materials science , communication
Drawing on studies from across the social sciences, this study explores a possibility that brokers affect vote choices via a psychological channel. Given that the information a broker utilizes for the efficient delivery of private transfers affects voters’ expectations of receiving those transfers, neglected voters may defect from voting for the broker's boss out of anger resulting from frustrated expectations, and this is likely to be the case particularly in a competitive election and among indifferent voters. Results from a lab experiment are consistent with the proposed possibility.