Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Effect of Courts and Party Labels in Leading Voters to Punish Corrupt Politicians: Evidence from Brazil

博士论文研究：法院和政党标签在引导选民惩罚腐败政客方面的影响：来自巴西的证据

• 批准号: 1228650
• 负责人: David Collier
• 金额: $ 2.52万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1228650&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Effect; Courts

Electoral accountability and judicial institutions are two important means of changing existing corruption dynamics in government. Yet in a number of countries, corrupt politicians frequently get reelected, reinforcing the persistence of corruption. This project seeks to understand when and why voters punish corrupt politicians. The work focuses on the effect of (1) types of candidate corruption, (2) court rulings, (3) a candidate's political party, and (4) a voter's level of partisanship on the voter's decision to vote against a corrupt politician. The project will develop a survey with an embedded experiment that will shed light on the mechanisms that lead voters to punish corrupt politicians in Brazil, a country where 168 national legislators face criminal charges or are under investigation. The survey of 2,000 voters will expose respondents to candidate choices with varying corruption types, political parties, and court rulings on candidate corruption. This research fills a void in the literature on corruption, and offers a perspective on how political determinants, such as the party system and partisan attachments, mediate corruption perceptions. The project deepens our understanding of two important means of changing corruption dynamics in government: electoral accountability and judicial institutions. The research also enables government agencies and civil society organizations to craft strategies for information campaigns designed to inform citizens of candidate corruption. Finally, the work engages the political science and legal community in Brazil, facilitating cross-border scholarly exchange.

选举问责制和司法机构是改变政府现有腐败动态的两种重要手段。然而，在许多国家中，腐败的政客经常被当选，加强了腐败的持久性。该项目试图了解选民何时以及为什么惩罚腐败的政客。这项工作的重点是（1）候选人腐败类型的影响，（2）法院裁决，（3）候选人的政党，以及（4）选民的党派资格对选民对腐败政治家投票的决定。该项目将通过一个嵌入式实验进行调查，该调查将阐明导致选民在巴西惩罚腐败的政客的机制，该国有168名国家立法者面临刑事指控或正在调查的国家。对2,000名选民的调查将使受访者接触候选人选择，这些选择具有不同的腐败类型，政党和法院对候选腐败的裁决。这项研究填补了有关腐败的文献中的空白，并就政党制度和党派依恋等政治决定因素提供了一种观点，可以调解腐败的看法。该项目加深了我们对改变政府腐败动态的两种重要手段的理解：选举问责制和司法机构。该研究还使政府机构和民间社会组织能够为旨在告知公民候选腐败的信息运动策略。最后，这项工作吸引了巴西的政治学和法律界，促进了跨境学术交流。