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100 1 _aBerman, Eli.
_96118
245 1 0 _aElection Fairness and Government Legitimacy in Afghanistan /
_cEli Berman, Michael J. Callen, Clark Gibson, James D. Long.
260 _aCambridge, Mass.
_bNational Bureau of Economic Research
_c2014.
300 _a1 online resource:
_billustrations (black and white);
490 1 _aNBER working paper series
_vno. w19949
500 _aMarch 2014.
520 3 _aInternational development agencies invest heavily in institution building in fragile states, including expensive interventions to support democratic elections. Yet little evidence exists on whether elections enhance the domestic legitimacy of governments. Using the random assignment of an innovative election fraud-reducing intervention in Afghanistan, we find that decreasing electoral misconduct improves multiple survey measures of attitudes toward government, including: (1) whether Afghanistan is a democracy; (2) whether the police should resolve disputes; (3) whether members of parliament provide services; and (4) willingness to report insurgent behavior to security forces.
530 _aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538 _aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588 0 _aPrint version record
690 7 _aH41 - Public Goods
_2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690 7 _aO10 - General
_2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690 7 _aO17 - Formal and Informal Sectors • Shadow Economy • Institutional Arrangements
_2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690 7 _aO53 - Asia including Middle East
_2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690 7 _aP16 - Political Economy
_2Journal of Economic Literature class.
700 1 _aCallen, Michael J.
700 1 _aGibson, Clark.
700 1 _aLong, James D.
710 2 _aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830 0 _aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)
_vno. w19949.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w19949
856 _yAcceso en lĂ­nea al DOI
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w19949
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_cW-PAPER
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