Vote Buying in Argentina

@article{Brusco2004VoteBI,
  title={Vote Buying in Argentina},
  author={Valeria Brusco and Marcelo Nazareno and Susan Stokes},
  journal={Latin American Research Review},
  year={2004},
  volume={39},
  pages={66 - 88}
}
We analyze vote buying in Argentina—the payment by political parties of minor benefits (food, clothing, cash) to citizens in exchange for their votes. How widespread is vote buying in Argentina, and what is the profile of the typical vote "seller"? Did the shift toward a neoliberal economic model in the 1990s increase or reduce vote buying? Why do parties attempt to buy votes when the ballot is secret and people could simply accept campaign handouts and then vote as they wish? We analyze… 
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