Clientelism and voting behavior: Evidence from a field experiment in Benin

World Politics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 399-422

  Wantchekon, Leonard ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIENTELISM; ELECTION; PARTY POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

BENIN;

EID: 0141872355     PISSN: 00438871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/wp.2003.0018     Document Type: Article

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