This book proposes a selection model for explaining cross-national variation in economic voting: Rational voters condition the economic vote on whether incumben

Economic conditions are said to affect election outcomes, but past research has produced unstable and contradictory findings. This book argues that these proble

A radical new approach to understanding Africa's elections: explaining why politicians, bureaucrats and voters so frequently break electoral rules.

Demonstrating how candidates and their campaigns affect the economic vote, this book provides a different way of understanding past elections - and predicting f

Shows that the provision of seemingly universal public goods is shaped by electoral priorities.