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dc.contributor.author | Gamalerio, Matteo | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-08T08:05:34Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-06-30T05:10:19Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020-06 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0176-2680 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/164733 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Recently several countries have experienced a drop in popularity of national political parties, accompanied by the success of independent movements (e.g. 'Civic Lists' in Italy). I exploit the success of 'Civic Lists' in Italian municipalities and use them as a comparison group for party-affiliated politicians, to test whether national parties affect fiscal discipline. Using a Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD), I show that party-affiliated mayors are more fiscally responsible: they run lower deficits, accumulate less debt and reduce expenditures. The effect is significant only for municipalities not constrained by fiscal rules. This suggests that national parties act as a substitute for fiscal rules in constraining politicians. Besides, I provide evidence that the discipline of party-affiliated politicians is linked to better career prospects: party-affiliated mayors have a higher probability of being re-elected and better chances of being promoted to higher levels of government. Alternative stories find less support in the data. | - |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | - |
dc.language.iso | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | - |
dc.relation.isformatof | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2020.101862 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | European Journal of Political Economy, 2020, vol. 63, num. 101862 | - |
dc.relation.uri | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2020.101862 | - |
dc.rights | cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier, 2020 | - |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es | - |
dc.source | Articles publicats en revistes (Economia) | - |
dc.subject.classification | Partits polítics | - |
dc.subject.classification | Disciplina de partit | - |
dc.subject.classification | Responsabilitat fiscal | - |
dc.subject.classification | Administració municipal | - |
dc.subject.classification | Itàlia | - |
dc.subject.other | Political parties | - |
dc.subject.other | Party discipline | - |
dc.subject.other | Fiscal responsibility | - |
dc.subject.other | Municipal government | - |
dc.subject.other | Italy | - |
dc.title | Do national political parties matter? Evidence from Italian municipalities | - |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | - |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion | - |
dc.identifier.idgrec | 700379 | - |
dc.date.updated | 2020-06-08T08:05:34Z | - |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | - |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Economia) |
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