Identity, Grievances, and Economic Determinants of Voting in the 2007 Kenyan Elections
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Note: This document is an output from research funding by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) as part of the iiG, a research programme to study how to improve institutions for pro-poor growth in Africa and South-Asia. The views expressed are not necessarily those of DFID. The authors are grateful to Center for the Study of African Economies for financial support.
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Election; Economics of Voting; Ethnic Divisions; Conflict;JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2008-10-07 (Africa)
- NEP-ALL-2008-10-07 (All new papers)
- NEP-CDM-2008-10-07 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-POL-2008-10-07 (Positive Political Economics)
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