eprintid: 1508851
rev_number: 24
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datestamp: 2016-08-28 00:40:57
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type: article
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creators_name: Castañeda-Angarita, N
title: Party system nationalization, presidential coalitions, and government spending
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: A01
divisions: B03
divisions: C03
divisions: F27
keywords: Party nationalization; Fiscal policy; Government expenditure; Coalition size
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abstract: 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.
date: 2013-12
date_type: published
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2013.03.005
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1052505
doi: 10.1016/j.electstud.2013.03.005
lyricists_name: Castaneda, Nestor
lyricists_id: NCAST42
full_text_status: public
publication: Electoral Studies
volume: 32
number: 4
pagerange: 783-794
issn: 0261-3794
citation:        Castañeda-Angarita, N;      (2013)    Party system nationalization, presidential coalitions, and government spending.                   Electoral Studies , 32  (4)   pp. 783-794.    10.1016/j.electstud.2013.03.005 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2013.03.005>.       Green open access   
 
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