2010
DOI: 10.1561/100.00009074
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Inequality under Democracy: Explaining the Left Decade in Latin America

Abstract: Inequality is generally thought to affect the electoral fortunes of the left, yet the theory and evidence on the question are unclear. This is the case even in Latin America, a region marked by enormous inequalities and by the stunning return of the left over the last decade. We address this shortcoming. Our game-theoretic model reveals that the probability that the left candidate is elected follows an inverted U-shaped relationship. At low levels of inequality, the rich do not bribe any voters and poor voters… Show more

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“…When the poor control a majority of districts, broad redistribution to the middle class can increase poor support for right-wing parties by diluting the value of redistribution. This implicit incentive for right-wing strategy is also consistent with the results of Debs and Helmke (2008), who predict that higher income inequality results in higher levels of "bribing" of lower-income voters. When the poor control a minority of districts, by contrast, broad redistribution to the middle class can increase support for left-wing parties by giving middle class voters an incentive to vote left.…”
Section: Redistribution and The Middle Classsupporting
confidence: 87%
“…When the poor control a majority of districts, broad redistribution to the middle class can increase poor support for right-wing parties by diluting the value of redistribution. This implicit incentive for right-wing strategy is also consistent with the results of Debs and Helmke (2008), who predict that higher income inequality results in higher levels of "bribing" of lower-income voters. When the poor control a minority of districts, by contrast, broad redistribution to the middle class can increase support for left-wing parties by giving middle class voters an incentive to vote left.…”
Section: Redistribution and The Middle Classsupporting
confidence: 87%
“…Our ideology variables are taken from expert surveys (Debs and Helmke, 2008;Murillo, Oliveros and Vaishnav, 2008) as well as elite surveys of legislators from the Parliamentary Elites of Latin America (PELA). The details of the data used will be discussed below.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Los trabajos empíricos cuantitativos que han intentado explicar la llegada de los gobiernos de izquierda al poder en América Latina (Debs y Helmke, 2010;Murillo, Oliveros y Vaishnav, 2010;Baker y Greene, 2011;Remmer, 2012;Blanco y Grier, 2013) han puesto a prueba, en su mayoría, los argumentos adelantados por los trabajos más cualitativos publicados entre 2005 y 2010 (Panizza, 2005;Castañeda, 2006;Cleary, 2006;Lanzaro, 2006;Lynch, 2007;Levitsky y Roberts, 2011). Sin embargo, la mayoría de estos análisis toman los gobiernos de izquierda como si fueran un fenómeno homogéneo, intentando encontrar los factores que explican su surgimiento y, a veces, el timing en los diferentes casos nacionales.…”
Section: El Ascenso De La Izquierda En América Latinaunclassified
“…Por otro lado, aunque varios trabajos han intentado explicar la llegada de la izquierda al poder utilizando modelos de comportamiento electoral con datos agregados (Murillo, Oliveros y Vaishnav, 2010;Debs y Helmke, 2010;Baker y Greene, 2011;Remmer, 2012;Blanco y Grier, 2013), pocas investigaciones se han centrado en las bases de apoyo de estos gobiernos y las razones del voto a nivel individual 1 . Tampoco se han explorado las razones de la reelección de estos gobiernos y las lógi-cas a las que responde a nivel individual y el tipo de vínculo entre los votantes y los representantes 2 .…”
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