All Eyes on Them: A Field Experiment on Citizen Oversight and Electoral Integrity
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چکیده
Can information and communication technologies help citizens monitor their elections? We analyze a large-scale field experiment designed to answer this question in Colombia. leveraged Facebook advertisements sent over 4 million potential voters encourage citizen reporting of electoral irregularities. also cross-randomized whether candidates were informed about the campaign subset municipalities. Total reports, evidence-backed ones, experienced large increase. Across wide array measures, irregularities decreased. Finally, reduced vote share dependent on This light-touch intervention is more cost-effective than monitoring efforts traditionally used by policymakers. (JEL C93, D12, D72, D83, O17)
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Economic Review
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2640-205X', '2640-2068']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20210778