Democracy for Sale is an on-the-ground account of Indonesian democracy, analyzing its
election campaigns and behind-the-scenes machinations. Edward Aspinall and Ward …

Ditulis berdasarkan hasil penelitian lapangan dan survei ahli yang luas, Democracy for Sale
menyediakan suatu analisis tentang demokrasi Indonesia yang bersentuhan langsung …

Democracies widely differ in the extent to which powerful elites and interest groups retain
influence over politics. While a large literature argues that elite capture is rooted in a …

This paper shows that the level of deforestation in Indonesia is positively related to the
degree of ethnic fractionalization. To identify a causal relation, we exploit the exogenous …

We use a policy experiment in Indonesia to show how local political boundaries affect ethnic
tension. Redrawing district borders along group lines reduces conflict. However, the gains in …

Highlights•Majority coalitions cause a shift in district spending toward health
activities.•Majority coalitions cause improvements to health services.•Positive health effects …

To what extent do voters hold local elected leaders accountable for public service delivery in
fiscally and politically decentralized environments, as theory suggests should be the case …

What is the effect of increased electoral competition on patronage politics? If programmatic
appeals are not credible, institutional reforms that move politics from an elite-to a mass …

What explains the patterns of local government proliferation in Indonesia? I argue that ethnic
heterogeneity, paired with the political ability to lobby for boundary changes, explains …

Indonesian policymakers are convinced that a number of perverse incentives are embedded
in their system of intergovernmental transfers. Officials in countries throughout the …