The Political Resource Curse
The paper studies the effect of additional government revenues on political corruption and on the quality of politicians, both with theory and data. The theory is based on a version of the career concerns model of political agency with endogenous entry of political candidates. The evidence refers to municipalities in Brazil, where federal transfers to municipal governments change exogenously according to given population thresholds. We exploit a regression discontinuity design to test the implications of the theory and identify the causal effect of larger federal transfers on political corruption and the observed features of political candidates at the municipal level. In accordance with the predictions of the theory, we find that larger transfers increase political corruption and reduce the quality of candidates for mayor
Year of publication: |
2010
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Authors: | Brollo, Fernanda |
Other Persons: | Nannicini, Tommaso (contributor) ; Perotti, Roberto (contributor) ; Tabellini, Guido (contributor) |
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[2010]: [S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Rohstoffvorkommen | Resource deposit | Rohstoffreichtum | Resource wealth | Natürliche Ressourcen | Natural resources | Welt | World | Theorie | Theory | Neue politische Ökonomie | Public choice | Wirtschaftswachstum | Economic growth |
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freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (68 p) |
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Series: | NBER Working Paper ; No. w15705 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments January 2010 erstellt |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148374