The Price of Poverty: Inequality and the Strategic Use of Clientelism in Divided Democracies
This article investigates the political cost of poverty in democracies marked by deep social divisions. We develop a probabilistic voting model that incorporates clientelism as a strategic tool employed by elite political parties to secure electoral support from non-elite voters. Unlike models based...
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| Main Authors: | Andrés Cendales, Hugo Guerrero-Sierra, Jhon James Mora |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2025-07-01
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| Series: | Economies |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/13/7/205 |
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