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Title: | Partisan targeting of inter-governmental transfers & state interference in local elections: evidence from Spain [WP-IEB] |
Author: | Curto Grau, Marta Solé Ollé, Albert Sorribas, Pilar |
Keywords: | Partits polítics Administració local Eleccions locals Representació proporcional Polítical parties Local government Local elections Proportional representation |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | Institut d’Economia de Barcelona |
Series/Report no: | [WP E-IEB12/31] |
Abstract: | 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. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.ieb.ub.edu/2012022157/ieb/ultimes-publicacions |
It is part of: | IEB Working Paper 2012/31 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/116345 |
Appears in Collections: | IEB (Institut d’Economia de Barcelona) – Working Papers |
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