Political consequences of consumer debt relief

Aidt, Toke ; Asatryan, Zareh ; Badalyan, Lusine

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URN:	urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-637149
Document Type:	Working paper
Year of publication:	2022
The title of a journal, publication series:	ZEW Discussion Papers
Volume:	22-049
Place of publication:	Mannheim
Publication language:	English
Institution:	Sonstige Einrichtungen > ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
MADOC publication series:	Veröffentlichungen des ZEW (Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung) > ZEW Discussion Papers
Subject:	330 Economics
Classification:	JEL: D72 , E51 , O10,
Keywords (English):	consumer debt relief , distributive politics , vote buying , elections
Abstract:	We study consumer debt relief as a tool of distributive politics and ask if debt relief can influence elections. We utilize quasi-experimental variation generated by a very large debt relief program enacted in the Republic of Georgia by a private foundation that affected every sixth voter. We estimate that the program helped the incumbent candidate linked to the foundation win the 2018 Presidential election, and that its effects persisted into the next election. We show how economic power can translate into political power in polities with de jure competitive elections but with de facto weak accountability.

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