When Money Can’t Buy Political Love: Lab Experiments on Vote Buying in Ghana and Uganda
通过加纳和乌干达的田野实验，发现选民更可能投票给有机会行贿但选择不行的候选人，且对选举有积极体验的选民更倾向于奖励不贿选者，表明民主价值观抑制了买票行为。
Citizens who reject bribery in the context of democratic political processes might view the exchange of money for votes as illegitimate, even if they enjoy reciprocal relationships with politicians in other contexts. We test this by using lab-in-the-field experiments in Ghana and Uganda. Participants play the roles of voters and of candidates who have opportunities to bribe. Voters are more likely to vote for a candidate who had the opportunity to bribe but refrained from doing so. Respondents who have had positive experiences of elections were more likely to reward nonbribing candidates. These findings suggest that the lab-in-the-field results are best explained by democratic values among some respondents.