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Title:
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Partisan targeting of inter-governmental transfers & state interference in local elections: evidence from Spain [WP-IEB]
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Author:
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Curto Grau, Marta; Solé Ollé, Albert; Sorribas, Pilar
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Notes:
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We examine whether state-level incumbents discriminate in the allocation of transfers in favour of local governments controlled by co-partisans, and whether the electoral prospects of local incumbents improve when they are aligned with the State incumbent. Using a new database covering around 3,000 Spanish municipalities during the period 2000-07 and a Regression Discontinuity design, we document a very strong and robust effect: in close races, municipalities aligned with the regional government obtain on average 83% more per capita transfers and their incumbents gain 10% more votes at the local elections. We also show that the effect of alignment is stronger: (i) when regional and local elections are held on the same day, (ii) in regions with less competitive regional elections, and (ii) in regions with more budget resources. |
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Subject(s):
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-Partits polítics
-Administració local
-Representació proporcional
-Eleccions locals
-Polítical parties
-Local government
-Proportional representation
-Local elections |
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Rights:
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cc-by-nc-nd, (c) Curto Grau et al., 2012
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
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Document type:
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Working Paper |
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Published by:
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Institut d’Economia de Barcelona
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