Mobile phone users as pseudo-brokers in clientelism: evidence from Africa

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Chang, Han Il, Lee, Su-Hyun
• مؤلفون آخرون: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2022
• الموضوعات: Social sciences::Political science; Clientelism; Information and Communications Technology
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160348
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

Despite a vast literature on clientelism, the impact of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) on clientelistic exchanges remains understudied. In order to fill that gap, we examine whether politicians disproportionately direct private transfers to mobile phone users, who can easily share p...