Abstract Vote buying is a form of political clientelism involving pre-electoral transfers money or material benefits from candidates to voters. Despite the presence secret ballots, vote remains pervasive phenomenon during elections in developing countries. While prior literature has focused on how enforced by parties and which types voters are most likely targeted, we know much less about behav...

Demand for Redistribution, Support for the Welfare State, and Party Identification in Austria This paper describes subjective wage inequality and the demand for redistribution in Austria using individuals' estimates of occupational wages from the International Social Survey Program. Although these estimates differ widely across individuals, the data clearly show that most individuals would like...