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On the vote purchasing behavior of incumbent governments
Dahlberg, Matz; Mörk, Eva - 1999 - This version: December, 1999
of 115 applying municipalities. This was the first wave of a four-year long grant program intended to support local …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011588975
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Electoral cycles in public expenditures : evidence from Czech local governments
Stastna, Lenka - 2015
This paper analyzes local political cycle in Czech municipalities over the period between 1997 and 2013. We apply the …, municipalities increase capital spending (primarily on infrastructure, housing, leisure activities) and decrease current spending …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011431958
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The partisan effects of voter turnout : how conservatives profit from rainy election days
Arnold, Felix; Freier, Ronny - 2015 - This version: March 23, 2015
In this short note, we use data from different elections in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia between 1975 and 2010 to show that the social democrats generally profit from higher voter turnout at the expense of the conservatives. We deal with the endogeneity of voter turnout by using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010501266
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Electoral cycles in public expenditures : evidence from Czech local governments
Stastna, Lenka - 2015
The paper analyzes local political cycle in Czech municipalities over the period between 1997 and 2013. We apply the …-estimate the model for spending shares. We have found that the size of municipalities matters, and unsurprisingly, small … municipalities do not increase spending in such an extent as bigger municipalities, though big municipalities tend to have lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479456
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Electoral competition as a determinant of fiscal decentralization
Jametti, Mario; Joanis, Marcelin - 2011
Fiscal decentralization is high on the agenda in policy fora. This paper empirically investigates the underlying causes of fiscal decentralization, based on the predictions of a simple political economy model. We argue that the likeliness that a central government engages in devolution of powers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009301206
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Elections and de facto expenditure decentralization in Canada
Jametti, Mario; Joanis, Marcelin - 2014
This paper empirically investigates the underlying determinants of expenditure decentralization, based on the predictions of a new political economy model of partial decentralization. The analysis is based on an agency model, in which two levels of government are involved in the provision of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354073
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Electoral Externalities in Federations - Evidence from German Opinion Polls
Frei, Xenia - 2017
Party performance in state and federal elections is highly interdependent. Federal elections impact regional voting dynamics and vice versa (electoral externalities). We quantify the extent of simultaneous electoral externalities between two layers of government. We apply vector autoregressions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960098
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Elections and De Facto Expenditure Decentralization in Canada
Jametti, Mario - 2014
This paper empirically investigates the underlying determinants of expenditure decentralization, based on the predictions of a new political economy model of partial decentralization. The analysis is based on an agency model, in which two levels of government are involved in the provision of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053063
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Elections and De Facto Expenditure Decentralization in Canada
Jametti, Mario - 2014
This paper empirically investigates the underlying determinants of expenditure decentralization, based on the predictions of a new political economy model of partial decentralization. The analysis is based on an agency model, in which two levels of government are involved in the provision of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053111
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Out of communal land: clientelism through delegation of agricultural tenancy contracts
Kurosaki, Takashi; Paul, Saumik; Witoelar, Firman - 2021
Do local institutions influence the nature of political clientelist exchange? We find a positive answer in the context of a village institution prevalent in Java since the Dutch colonial rule, where democratically elected village heads receive usufruct rights over a piece of communal village...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012501502