Type of Publication: | Journal article |
Publication status: | Published |
Author: | Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Hessami, Zohal |
Year of publication: | 2017 |
Published in: | Public Choice ; 171 (2017), 1-2. - pp. 75-98. - ISSN 0048-5829. - eISSN 1573-7101 |
DOI (citable link): | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11127-016-0398-4 |
Summary: |
Combining local council election data with fiscal data on grant allocations in a German state, we study partisan favoritism in the allocation of intergovernmental transfers within a quasi-experimental framework. We hypothesize that state governments pursue two distinct goals when allocating grants to local governments: (1) helping aligned local parties win the next election and (2) buying off unaligned municipalities that may obstruct the state government’s policy agenda. We argue furthermore that the relative importance of these two goals depends on local political conditions. In line with this argument, we show empirically that the effect of political alignment on grant receipts varies depending on the degree of local support for the state government. While previous contributions find that aligned local governments always tend to receive larger transfers, our results imply that the political economy of intergovernmental transfers is more intricate.
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Subject (DDC): | 330 Economics |
Bibliography of Konstanz: | Yes |
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BASKARAN, Thushyanthan, Zohal HESSAMI, 2017. Political alignment and intergovernmental transfers in parliamentary systems : evidence from Germany. In: Public Choice. 171(1-2), pp. 75-98. ISSN 0048-5829. eISSN 1573-7101. Available under: doi: 10.1007/s11127-016-0398-4
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