This study aims to test two competing theoretical predictions about vote buying money: whether it functions as economic compensation (hence spent on basic needs) or as a social gift signaling candidate generosity (hence spent on enjoyment and social needs). By investigating spending patterns and meanings attached to the money, the study adjudicates between transactional and social logics of vote buying.

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