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The Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship, presents:
Cesi Cruz (University of British Columbia)
Making policies matter
You can learn more about Professor Cruz by clicking here.
Where and When: Friday, November 13, 2020 at 3:00pm on Zoom.
Zoom meeting: https://umontreal.zoom.us/s/95080037663
Password: 679792
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Abstract: Do campaign promises matter? We combine a structural model and a large-scale field experiment disseminating candidate policy platforms in Philippine mayoral elections to show how voters respond to campaign promises. Voters who randomly received information about current campaign promises are more likely to vote for candidates closer to their own preferences and those also informed about past promises reward incumbents who fulfilled them. The structural model shows that campaigns operate through both learning and psychological mechanisms, and that vote buying, while important, is not the sole driver of voter behavior.
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This series is sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship, which is funded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC).