RT Book
T1 Election fairness and government legitimacy in Afghanistan
A1 Berman, Eli 1960-
A2 Rezaee, Arman
A2 Long, James D.
A2 Gibson, Clark C. 1961-
A2 Callen, Mike
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1866607146
AB Elections can enhance state legitimacy. One way is by improving citizens’ attitudes toward government, thereby increasing their willingness to comply with rules and regulations. We investigate whether reducing fraud in elections improves attitudes toward government in a fragile state. A large, randomly assigned fraud-reducing intervention in Afghan elections leads to improvement in two indices, one measuring attitudes toward their government, and another measuring stated willingness to comply with governance. Thus, reducing electoral fraud may offer a practical, cost-effective method of enhancing governance in a fragile state
DO 10.1016/j.jebo.2019.10.011