Do conditional cash transfer programs shift votes? Evidence from the Honduran PRAF

Electoral Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 864-874

  Linos, Elizabeth ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional cash transfers; Latin American politics; Local government; Voting

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; VOTING BEHAVIOR; WELFARE PROVISION;

HONDURAS;

EID: 84889102623     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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