Replication Data for: \"Understanding Vote Buying in Nepali Elections.\"

Follow instructions in README.txt. Abstract for paper: A growing literature posits that vote buying dynamics depend on characteristics of the context and its voters. We explore vote buying in Nepal using a multi-methods approach combining survey experiments, semistructured interviews, and focus group discussions. We find that vote buying in Nepal aligns somewhat with other contexts. A list experiment reveals approximately 25% of Nepali voters receive a voter-buying offer and, in an unmonitored but contingent exchange, the same percentage vote for the offeror candidate or party. Cash and other private goods are the most common offers. In contrast to findings from other contexts, however, voter education level is the strongest predictor of refraining from vote buying in Nepal, and wealth is not a significant predictor. Our list experiment also finds that, in Nepal, clientelism appears to be a socially undesirable activity. Overall, our results support the increasingly dominant viewpoint that vote buying is highly context dependent.请遵照README.txt文件中的指示进行操作。 论文摘要：日益增多的研究文献指出，选票买卖的运作机制取决于具体情境及其选民的特征。本研究采用结合调查实验、半结构化访谈与焦点小组讨论的多方法研究路径，对尼泊尔的选票买卖现象展开探究。研究发现，尼泊尔的选票买卖现象与其他地区的情况存在一定程度的契合。一项清单实验（list experiment）结果显示，约25%的尼泊尔选民曾收到买票邀约；在非监控但附条件的交换场景中，同样有25%的选民会将选票投给出价的候选人或政党。现金与其他私人用品是最常见的买票邀约物品。然而与其他地区的研究结果不同，在尼泊尔，选民的受教育水平是影响其拒绝参与选票买卖的最强预测因素，而财富水平则无显著预测作用。本研究的清单实验还发现，在尼泊尔，客户主义（clientelism）被视为一种社会层面不受欢迎的行为。总体而言，本研究结果支持日益占据主流的观点：选票买卖具有极强的情境依赖性。