The Price of Poverty: Inequality and the Strategic Use of Clientelism in Divided Democracies

This article investigates the political cost of poverty in democracies marked by deep social divisions. We develop a probabilistic voting model that incorporates clientelism as a strategic tool employed by elite political parties to secure electoral support from non-elite voters. Unlike models based...

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Main Authors: Andrés Cendales, Hugo Guerrero-Sierra, Jhon James Mora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-07-01
Series:Economies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/13/7/205
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