Building on agency-theoretical perspectives of public bureaucracies, we argue that politician– bureaucrat preference alignment can have important implications for bureaucrats' pay. We …
GW Cox, JH Fiva, MEM King - British Journal of Political Science, 2024 - cambridge.org
A vast and growing quantitative literature considers how social networks shape political mobilization but the degree to which turnout decisions are strategic remains ambiguous …
We study geographic political representation and geographic distribution of local public goods within local jurisdictions with at-large proportional representation elections. We use …
We analyze a multi-level ad-hoc emergency fund (MAEF)–the European NextGenerationEU program–as an opportunity to advance ambitious municipal climate action. Presently, MAEF …
M Alloza, C Sanz - The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We estimate the unemployment effects of a large fiscal stimulus in Spain (Plan Español para el Estímulo de la Economía y el Empleo, the Spanish Plan for the Stimulus of the Economy …
F Carozzi, L Repetto - Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2019 - Elsevier
We study distributive politics inside cities by analysing how local governments allocate investment projects to voters across neighbourhoods. In particular, we ask whether …
E Jarocinska - Comparative Economic Studies, 2022 - Springer
We study empirically whether the allocation of discretionary grants across Spanish regions is related to the number of swing voters and loyal voters of the ruling party. We estimate the …
S Luechinger, M Schelker, L Schmid - Political Analysis, 2024 - cambridge.org
We provide closed-form solutions for measuring electoral closeness of candidates in proportional representation (PR) systems. In contrast to plurality systems, closeness in PR …
ŁW Olejnik - Studia Regionalne i Lokalne, 2022 - ceeol.com
This article contains the in-depth analysis of the distribution of funds from the Road Development Fund (RDF), the Local Government Investment Fund (LGIF), the 100 Bypass …