Media’s Influence on Citizen Demand for Public Goods
研究发现，在贝宁，接触社区广播的家庭对提供公共品的政治家支持度更高，表明媒体能减少选民对庇护主义政治家的偏好，促进公共品需求。
Low voter interest in politicians who promise public goods is common in clientelist settings and a challenge to development. We show that access to media can increase interest. Households in Benin, responding to novel survey vignettes, generally support politicians who offer government jobs for a few at the expense of health and education for all. However, some households have exogenously greater access to community radio, which broadcasts programs designed to increase awareness of the importance of health and education. These households express significantly less support for clientelist politicians, indicating a role for media in shifting political equilibria away from clientelism.