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Title: | Do re-election probabilities influence public investment? |
Author: | Fiva, Jon H. Natvik, Gisle James |
Keywords: | Política econòmica Sociologia electoral Inversions Economic policy Voting research Investments |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
Publisher: | Institut d’Economia de Barcelona |
Series/Report no: | [WP E-IEB09/36] |
Abstract: | We identify exogenous variation in incumbent policymakers’ re-election probabilities and explore empirically how this variation affects their investments in physical capital. Our results indicate that a higher re-election probability leads to higher investments, particularly in the purposes preferred more strongly by the incumbents. This aligns with a theoretical framework where political parties disagree about which públic goods to produce using labor and predetermined public capital. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.ieb.ub.edu/2012022157/ieb/ultimes-publicacions |
It is part of: | IEB Working Paper 2009/36 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/116996 |
Appears in Collections: | IEB (Institut d’Economia de Barcelona) – Working Papers |
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