| ID | 160634 |
| Title Proper | Missing the poorest in rural areas? targeting low income voters in mayoral elections |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Amick, Joe |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article utilizes an original household survey of two regency-level elections in Indonesia to explore campaign targeting. It uses a list experiment to show that direct survey questions about accepting transfers from campaigns elicit honest responses from respondents in Indonesia. Although the relationship between income and whether a respondent accepted transfers from political campaigns decreases over the entire distribution of income, it increases initially, producing a curvilinear relationship between income and accepting transfers from campaigns. This article argues that the poorest voters face barriers to being targeted by campaigns. However, these barriers recede as they become relatively richer, at which point a negative relationship is found due to diminishing marginal utility of accepting these transfers. Finally, in-kind transfers, as opposed to cash transfers, target low-income voters more effectively. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of East Asian Studies Vol. 18, No.2; Jul 2018: p.229-253 |
| Journal Source | Journal of East Asian Studies Vol: 18 No 2 |
| Key Words | Indonesia ; Southeast Asia ; Targeting ; Java ; Vote Buying ; Distributive Politics ; Pilkada |