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Does Combating Corruption Reduce Clientelism?

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  • Bobonis, Gustavo J
  • Gertler, Paul J
  • Gonzalez-Navarro, Marco
  • Nichter, Simeon

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Does combating corruption reduce clientelism? To investigate this question, we focus on a policy that has been widely used across the world: anti-corruption audits. We examine the impact of Brazil’s prominent audit programme on clientelism using a novel survey of rural citizens. Randomised audits reduce politicians’ provision of campaign handouts, decrease citizens’ demands for private goods, and reduce requests fulfilled by politicians. We investigate mechanisms by which audits may reduce clientelism, and find that audits significantly reduce citizens’ willingness to supply clientelistic votes.

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  • Bobonis, Gustavo J & Gertler, Paul J & Gonzalez-Navarro, Marco & Nichter, Simeon, 2026. "Does Combating Corruption Reduce Clientelism?," Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series qt8949r9gd, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley.
    • Handle: RePEc:cdl:agrebk:qt8949r9gd
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    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • P37 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Legal

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