How Patrons Select Brokers: Efficacy and Loyalty in Urban Indian Machines

• In Event: Voters, Brokers and Parties in South Asia: Experimental Approaches

Brief Overview

Which brokers do party leaders prefer and promote? A conjoint experiment with 343 Indian party patrons reveals they value broker loyalty, not simply popularity with clients. These findings align with data on promotion patterns for 629 actual brokers.

Authors

• Adam Auerbach, American University

• Tariq Thachil, Vanderbilt