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2014

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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/115584

Policy outcomes of single and double-ballot elections

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We use data for all Italian municipalities from 2001-2007 to empirically test the extent to which two different electoral rules, which hold for small and large municipalities, affect fiscal policy decisions at local level. Municipalities with fewer than 15,000 inhabitants elect their mayors in accordance with a single-ballot plurality rule where only one list can support her/him, while the rest of the municipalities uses a run-off plurality rule where multiple lists can support her/him. Per capita total taxes, charges and current expenditure in large municipalities are lower than in small ones.

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Eleccions locals, Relacions fiscals intergovernamentals, Impostos locals

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Local elections, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Local taxation

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FERRARESI, Massimiliano, RIZZO, Leonzio and ZANARDI, Alberto. Policy outcomes of single and double-ballot elections. IEB Working Paper 2014/38. [consulted: 19 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/115584

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