@inbook{10.7864/j.ctt6wpf99.19, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/j.ctt6wpf99.19}, abstract = {Our intention when we decided to hold a small conference on election fraud and then organize the contributions from that conference into this edited volume was to kindle scholarly research on a subject we think is academically and politically important. A common frustration for academics who have been involved in election reform activities in recent years is the lack of hard empirical data on election fraud. We have a difficult time answering even basic questions about election fraud: What types of election fraud exist? What factors explain the variation in election fraud across time and space? And perhaps most important,}, booktitle = {Election Fraud: Detecting and Deterring Electoral Manipulation}, pages = {235--242}, publisher = {Brookings Institution Press}, title = {Conclusion: Understanding Election Fraud}, year = {2008} }