In practice, corruption is nevertheless a small part of the story. More commonly, distorted incentives flow from more prosaic political realities. In particular, politicians motivated by electoral gains have the incentive to use SEZs as an instrument to show visible progress and results. Also, given the short-term nature of the election cycles, the emphasis tends to be on short-term gains, which is usually at odds with the long-term nature of SEZs. Politicians also have the incentive to use SEZs as an instrument to confer privileges on various domestic constituencies, and therefore to quell potential internal political dissent.