Violence, bribery, and fraud: The political economy of elections in Sub-Saharan Africa

Public Choice

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 117-147

  Collier, Paul ^a,b   Vicente, Pedro C ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d BREAD   (United States)

Author keywords

Electoral politics; Fraud; Political economy; Sub Saharan Africa; Violence; Vote buying

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864764511     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-011-9777-z     Document Type: Article

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