Does opportunism pay off?

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor(a) principal: Veiga, Linda Gonçalves
Data de Publicação: 2007
Outros Autores: Veiga, Francisco José
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/6840
Resumo: In Portugal, increases in investment expenditures and changes in the composition of spending favouring highly visible items are associated with higher vote percentages for incumbent mayors seeking re-election. The political payoff to opportunistic spending increased after democracy became well-established in the country.
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spelling Does opportunism pay off?Voting functionsOpportunismLocal governmentsElectionsPortugalSocial SciencesIn Portugal, increases in investment expenditures and changes in the composition of spending favouring highly visible items are associated with higher vote percentages for incumbent mayors seeking re-election. The political payoff to opportunistic spending increased after democracy became well-established in the country.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) - POCI/EGE/58641/2004European Regional Development Fund - Operational Programme “Science and Innovation 2010"Elsevier B.V.Universidade do MinhoVeiga, Linda GonçalvesVeiga, Francisco José2007-082007-08-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/6840eng"Economics Letters". ISSN 0165-1765. 96:2 (Aug. 2007) 177-182.0165-176510.1016/j.econlet.2006.12.026http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01651765info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:32:42Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/6840Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:28:05.639193Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Does opportunism pay off?
title Does opportunism pay off?
spellingShingle Does opportunism pay off?
Veiga, Linda Gonçalves
Voting functions
Opportunism
Local governments
Elections
Portugal
Social Sciences
title_short Does opportunism pay off?
title_full Does opportunism pay off?
title_fullStr Does opportunism pay off?
title_full_unstemmed Does opportunism pay off?
title_sort Does opportunism pay off?
author Veiga, Linda Gonçalves
author_facet Veiga, Linda Gonçalves
Veiga, Francisco José
author_role author
author2 Veiga, Francisco José
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Veiga, Linda Gonçalves
Veiga, Francisco José
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Voting functions
Opportunism
Local governments
Elections
Portugal
Social Sciences
topic Voting functions
Opportunism
Local governments
Elections
Portugal
Social Sciences
description In Portugal, increases in investment expenditures and changes in the composition of spending favouring highly visible items are associated with higher vote percentages for incumbent mayors seeking re-election. The political payoff to opportunistic spending increased after democracy became well-established in the country.
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