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Artés Caselles, Joaquín and Jurado, Ignacio (2018) Government fragmentation and fiscal deficits: a regression discontinuity approach. Public Choice, 175 (3-4). pp. 367-391. ISSN 0048-5829
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-018-0548-y
Abstract
Some electoral systems favor strong single-party majority governments, while others the formation of coalitions. Having one or the other is likely to afect economic outcomes in ways that are unintended when the electoral rules are approved. In this paper, we show that government fragmentation has large fscal implications. We also provide results that have a causal interpretation. Using a panel of Spanish municipalities, along with a close-elections regression discontinuity design, we fnd that single-party majorities run budgets with a 1.5% point larger primary surplus than that of coalitions. In addition, we show that lower defcits are driven mainly by single-party majority governments’ capacity to raise more revenues. These fndings are robust to several model specifcations.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Fiscal defcit; Single-party majority government; Coalitions; Regression discontinuity |
Subjects: | Sciences > Mathematics > Bayesian statistical decision theory Social sciences > Economics > Econometrics Social sciences > Economics > Public economy |
JEL: | C21, D72, D78, H72 |
ID Code: | 60407 |
Deposited On: | 07 May 2020 12:33 |
Last Modified: | 12 May 2020 11:44 |
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