TY  - JOUR
N2  - This paper argues that there is a strong relationship between geographical patterns of political parties' electoral performance and the composition of central government expenditures. When party system nationalization is high, the composition of spending will focus more on non-targetable expenditures, while targetable expenditures increase as the party system distribution of votes across different districts becomes less homogenous. However, the effect of party nationalization on spending type is conditioned by the size of the presidential coalition; targeted transfers will increase if the coalition size decreases, even if party nationalization is high. I find support for these hypotheses with an empirical analysis of district-level electoral and government expenditure data for several countries in Latin America between 1990 and 2006.
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2013.03.005
ID  - discovery1508851
Y1  - 2013/12//
JF  - Electoral Studies
A1  - Castañeda-Angarita, N
VL  - 32
SP  - 783
IS  - 4
EP  - 794
SN  - 0261-3794
TI  - Party system nationalization, presidential coalitions, and government spending
AV  - public
KW  - Party nationalization; Fiscal policy; Government expenditure; Coalition size
N1  - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
ER  -