Term limits at the local government level: evidence from a natural experiment

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Autor(a) principal: Veiga, Linda Gonçalves
Data de Publicação: 2016
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/1822/41818
Resumo: This paper analyzes the effects of the introduction of term limits at the local government level, using the Portuguese case as a natural experiment. Term limits became binding in the 2013 municipal elections, forcing 52% of the incumbent mayors to step down. The effects of this institutional change are studied using a differences-in-differences approach, on a sample comprising all Portuguese municipalities, from 1998 to 2013, and detailed data on local finances and municipal and mayor characteristics. The results indicate some benefits of term limits, such as the mitigation of the opportunistic manipulation of local finances, which has been more prevalent among more experienced eligible mayors.
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spelling Term limits at the local government level: evidence from a natural experimentTerm limitsFiscal policyLocal governmentPortugalNatural experimentCiências Sociais::Economia e GestãoThis paper analyzes the effects of the introduction of term limits at the local government level, using the Portuguese case as a natural experiment. Term limits became binding in the 2013 municipal elections, forcing 52% of the incumbent mayors to step down. The effects of this institutional change are studied using a differences-in-differences approach, on a sample comprising all Portuguese municipalities, from 1998 to 2013, and detailed data on local finances and municipal and mayor characteristics. The results indicate some benefits of term limits, such as the mitigation of the opportunistic manipulation of local finances, which has been more prevalent among more experienced eligible mayors.Compete 2020Portugal 2020FEDER: FCTThis work was carried out within the funding with COMPETE reference nº POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006683 (UID/ECO/03182/2013), with the FCT/MEC’s (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.) financial support through national funding and by the ERDF through the Operational Programme on "Competitiveness and Internationalization – COMPETE 2020 under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement»Universidade do Minho. Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas (NIPE)Universidade do MinhoVeiga, Linda GonçalvesVeiga, Francisco José2016-052016-05-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/41818enghttp://www.nipe.eeg.uminho.pt/Uploads/WP_2016/NIPE%20WP07_2016.pdfinfo: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:RCAAP2023-07-21T11:59:56Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/41818Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:49:46.054974Repositório 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 Term limits at the local government level: evidence from a natural experiment
title Term limits at the local government level: evidence from a natural experiment
spellingShingle Term limits at the local government level: evidence from a natural experiment
Veiga, Linda Gonçalves
Term limits
Fiscal policy
Local government
Portugal
Natural experiment
Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
title_short Term limits at the local government level: evidence from a natural experiment
title_full Term limits at the local government level: evidence from a natural experiment
title_fullStr Term limits at the local government level: evidence from a natural experiment
title_full_unstemmed Term limits at the local government level: evidence from a natural experiment
title_sort Term limits at the local government level: evidence from a natural experiment
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 Term limits
Fiscal policy
Local government
Portugal
Natural experiment
Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
topic Term limits
Fiscal policy
Local government
Portugal
Natural experiment
Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
description This paper analyzes the effects of the introduction of term limits at the local government level, using the Portuguese case as a natural experiment. Term limits became binding in the 2013 municipal elections, forcing 52% of the incumbent mayors to step down. The effects of this institutional change are studied using a differences-in-differences approach, on a sample comprising all Portuguese municipalities, from 1998 to 2013, and detailed data on local finances and municipal and mayor characteristics. The results indicate some benefits of term limits, such as the mitigation of the opportunistic manipulation of local finances, which has been more prevalent among more experienced eligible mayors.
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