Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Title: Organized Voters: Elections and Public Funding of Nonprofits 
Author-Name: Camille Urvoy 
Author-Email: camille.urvoy@uni-mannheim.de 
Classification-JEL: D72, L31
Keywords: civil society organizations, elections, distributive politics, clientelism

Abstract: What makes politicians respond to civil society organizations’ demands? I use
new data on government transfers to French associations and exploit close elections
to show that politicians grant more funds to ideologically close organizations when
the local incumbent is a political ally and was elected by a small margin. The results
are consistent with politicians and organizations exchanging financial support for
electoral support. Organizations secure funding because of the votes they can deliver,
not because of their campaign contributions; however the fact that transfers appear
to be conditioned on support may undermine their ability to help hold politicians
accountable.


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Length: 42
Creation-Date: 2024-10
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File-URL: https://www.crctr224.de/research/discussion-papers/archive/dp601
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Handle: RePEc:bon:boncrc:CRCTR224_2024_601