Clientelism, Credibility, and the Policy Choices of Young Democracies

By Philip E. Keefer. 2007

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Subfields: Demography, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science

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The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Peace and Conflict (2012, background): “…continuous years of competitive elections (capturing the ability of political competitors to make broadly credible commitments to citizens, as in Keefer 2007); the degree to which parties convey a programmatic stance to citizens (since such a stance is only credible if parties have…”
The limits of democracy in tackling climate change (2018, background): “Democratic rulers are often shortsighted and focus on short-term gains rather than commit to long-term projects such as climate change mitigation (Haggard 1991, Keefer 2007).”
Democracy and Human Development (2012, background): “Faced with political uncertainty and instability, politicians face incentives to pursue short-run goals at the expense of long-term development (Haggard 1991; Keefer 2006).”
Earthquake propensity and the politics of mortality prevention (2010, positive): “Keefer (2007) argues that credibility differences between democracies with more and fewer years of continuous competitive elections explain the distinct policy choices of these two groups: younger democracies provide a lower level of public goods than older, more established democracies.”
Natural Resources, Democracy and Corruption (2010, background): “, Knack and Keefer, 1995; Alesina and Weder, 2002). The PRS corruption index varies between 0 and 6, with higher values indicating lower levels of corruption. Averaged over the sample period, the Democratic Republic of Congo was the most corrupt country with an average value of CIsrt of 0.6, and Fin”
Enhancing governance for environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa (2020, neutral): “The time of exposure hypothesis maintains that young democracies have worse governance standards compared to authoritarian regimes, unlike old democracies which are associated with the best governance standards (Keefer, 2007).”