Does opportunism pay off?
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Resumo: | This article tests the hypothesis that the opportunistic manipulation of financial accounts by mayors increases their chances of re-election. Working with a large and detailed dataset comprising all Portuguese mainland municipalities, which covers the municipal elections that took place from 1979 to 2001, we clearly show that 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. Our results also indicate that the political payoff to opportunistic spending increased after democracy became well-established in the country. |
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Does opportunism pay off?Voting functionsOpportunismLocal governmentsElectionsPortugalThis article tests the hypothesis that the opportunistic manipulation of financial accounts by mayors increases their chances of re-election. Working with a large and detailed dataset comprising all Portuguese mainland municipalities, which covers the municipal elections that took place from 1979 to 2001, we clearly show that 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. Our results also indicate that the political payoff to opportunistic spending increased after democracy became well-established in the country.Universidade do Minho. Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas (NIPE)Universidade do MinhoVeiga, Linda GonçalvesVeiga, Francisco José20062006-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/5249enginfo: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:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:08:19Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/5249Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:59:32.134112Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Does opportunism pay off? |
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Does opportunism pay off? |
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Does opportunism pay off? Veiga, Linda Gonçalves Voting functions Opportunism Local governments Elections Portugal |
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Does opportunism pay off? |
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Does opportunism pay off? |
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Does opportunism pay off? |
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Does opportunism pay off? |
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Does opportunism pay off? |
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Veiga, Linda Gonçalves |
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Veiga, Linda Gonçalves Veiga, Francisco José |
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Veiga, Francisco José |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Veiga, Linda Gonçalves Veiga, Francisco José |
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Voting functions Opportunism Local governments Elections Portugal |
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Voting functions Opportunism Local governments Elections Portugal |
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This article tests the hypothesis that the opportunistic manipulation of financial accounts by mayors increases their chances of re-election. Working with a large and detailed dataset comprising all Portuguese mainland municipalities, which covers the municipal elections that took place from 1979 to 2001, we clearly show that 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. Our results also indicate that the political payoff to opportunistic spending increased after democracy became well-established in the country. |
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Universidade do Minho. Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas (NIPE) |
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