Show me the Carnet de la Patria!: A quasi-experiment on the effect of political communications on clientelistic control in Venezuela

• In Event: Distributive Politics in Latin America

Brief Overview

In this study we argue that clientelistic control mechanisms can be artificially enforced by means of framing and priming. We test this argument with novel survey data collected before and after the 2017 Municipal Elections in Venezuela.

Authors

• Pablo C Hernandez Borges, Texas Tech University

• Inaki Sagarzazu, University of Houston