Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers as Pork Barrel

This paper uses a simultaneous equations model to analyse increases in intergovernmental fiscal transfers and associated vote changes in Portuguese legislative elections. Results suggest that election year increases in transfers by the central government to municipalities secure added votes, and that these transfers are targeted at jurisdictions where the government faces risk of losing support

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Veiga, Linda G.
Other Persons:	Veiga, Francisco José (contributor)
Publisher:	[2013]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Finanzausgleich \| Intergovernmental transfers \| Finanzbeziehungen \| Fiscal relations

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (32 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Public Choice, 155(3-4), 335-353 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments 2013 erstellt
Classification:	H77 - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism ; D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legistures, and Voting Behavior ; D78 - Positive Analysis of Policy-Making and Implementation ; E62 - Fiscal Policy; Public Expenditures, Investment, and Finance; Taxation
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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