Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/31254 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 1434
Publisher: 
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science, Evanston, IL
Abstract: 
We examine the consequences of vote buying, assuming this practice were al-lowed and free of stigma. Two parties compete in a binary election and may purchase votes in a sequential bidding game via up-front binding payments and/or campaign promises (platforms) that are contingent upon the outcome of the elec-tion. We analyze the role of the parties.and voters.preferences in determining the winner and the payments to voters.
Subjects: 
vote buying
political economy
campaign promises
JEL: 
P16
C72
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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