Protecting My Supporters and Punishing Yours: Evidence on the Local Political Economy of Neoliberal Reforms

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Brief Overview

Using survey data from Afrobarometer and World Values Surveys, we find that governments protect partisan supporters while punishing opposition voters in the implementation of IMF-mandated reform programs, with adverse effects on political stability.

Authors

• Mohammed Rodwan Abouharb, University College London

• Bernhard Reinsberg, University of Glasgow