The Impact of Elections on Cooperation: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in Uganda

• Published in: American journal of political science Vol. 56; no. 4; pp. 964 - 985
• Main Authors: Grossman, Guy, Baldassarri, Delia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.10.2012; Wiley Subscription Services; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Agricultural cooperatives; Agricultural management; Campaign contributions; Collective farms; Community; Community Structure; Cooperation; Democratic authority; Dilemmas; Elections; Endowments; Experiments; Farmers; Lotteries; Natural environment; Political behavior; Political processes; Political science; Public Goods; Research design; Subordination; Uganda; Uganda

Communities often rely on sanctioning to induce public goods contributions. Past studies focus on how external agencies or peer sanctioning induce cooperation. In this article, we focus instead on the role played by centralized authorities, internal to the community. Combining "lab-in-the-field...