Political alignment in the time of weak parties : electoral advantages and subnational transfers in Colombia
dc.audience | Policymakers | eng |
dc.audience | Researchers | eng |
dc.audience | Students | eng |
dc.audience | Teachers | eng |
dc.coverage.sucursal | Cartagena | spa |
dc.creator | Bonilla, Leonardo | |
dc.creator | Higuera-Mendieta, Iván Gonzalo | |
dc.creator.firma | Leonardo Bonilla-Mejía | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-22T08:30:10Z | eng |
dc.date.available | 2017-09-22T08:30:10Z | eng |
dc.date.created | 2017-09-22 | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2017-09-22 | eng |
dc.description | Este documento explora el efecto de alineación entre políticos locales y nacionales en un contexto de partidos débiles. Utilizando métodos de regresión discontinua en elecciones reñidas, encontramos que en ausencia de partidos fuertes, las coaliciones presidenciales se convierten en los ejes de la alineación política en Colombia. De hecho, mientras que los partidos políticos proveen muy pocas ventajas electorales a sus miembros, los candidatos de la coalición a posiciones nacionales obtienen muchos más votos en municipios gobernados por alcaldes alineados. A su vez, los alcaldes alineados reciben más transferencias discrecionales para financiar carreteras por parte del gobierno nacional. Estas transferencias, sin embargo, no se traducen en mayor crecimiento económico en los municipios. | eng |
dc.description.abstract | This paper explores the effect of alignment between local and national politics in a context of weak parties. Based on a regression discontinuity design in close elections, we find that, in absence of strong parties, presidential coalitions become the focal point of political alignment in Colombia. In fact, while parties provide almost no electoral advantages to their members, candidates aspiring to national positions get significantly more votes in municipalities governed by mayors aligned with the incoming presidential coalitions. In turn, aligned mayors receive additional discretionary transfers from the National Government to finance road investments. These discretionary transfers, however, do not translate into local economic growth. | eng |
dc.format.extent | 47 páginas : gráficas, tablas | eng |
dc.format.mimetype | eng | |
dc.identifier.handle | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12134/6966 | spa |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorio.banrep.gov.co/handle/20.500.12134/6966 | eng |
dc.language.iso | eng | eng |
dc.publisher | Banco de la República de Colombia | spa |
dc.relation.doi | https://doi.org/10.32468/dtseru.260 | spa |
dc.relation.dotec | https://ideas.repec.org/p/col/000102/015746.html | spa |
dc.relation.ispartof | Documentos de trabajo | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Documentos de Trabajo Sobre Economía Regional y Urbana | eng |
dc.relation.issn | 1692-3715 | eng |
dc.relation.isversionof | Documentos de Trabajo Sobre Economía Regional y Urbana ; No. 260 | eng |
dc.relation.number | dtser 260 | spa |
dc.relation.repec | https://ideas.repec.org/p/bdr/region/260.html | spa |
dc.rights.accessRights | Open Access | eng |
dc.rights.cc | Atribucion-NoComercial-CompartirIgual CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | eng |
dc.rights.disclaimer | The opinions contained in this document are the sole responsibility of the author and do not commit Banco de la República or its Board of Directors. | eng |
dc.rights.disclaimer | The opinions contained in this document are the sole responsibility of the author and do not commit Banco de la República or its Board of Directors. | eng |
dc.rights.spa | Acceso abierto | spa |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ | eng |
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dc.source.handleRepec | RePEc:col:000102:015746 | spa |
dc.subject | Alineación política | eng |
dc.subject | Elecciones | eng |
dc.subject | Transferencias subnacionales | eng |
dc.subject | Regresión discontinua | eng |
dc.subject.jel | D72 - Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior | eng |
dc.subject.jel | H72 - State and Local Budget and Expenditures | eng |
dc.subject.jel | H77 - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism; Secession | eng |
dc.subject.jel | R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes | eng |
dc.subject.jelspa | D72 - Procesos políticos: búsqueda de rentas económicas, cabildeo, elecciones, legislaturas y comportamiento de los votantes | spa |
dc.subject.jelspa | H72 - Presupuesto y gasto de la administración estatal, autonómica y local | spa |
dc.subject.jelspa | H77 - Relaciones intergubernamentales; Federalismo; Secesión | spa |
dc.subject.jelspa | R11 - Actividad económica regional: crecimiento, desarrollo, ambiente y cambios | spa |
dc.subject.keyword | Political alignment | eng |
dc.subject.keyword | Elections | eng |
dc.subject.keyword | Subnational transfers | eng |
dc.subject.keyword | Regression discontinuity | eng |
dc.subject.lemb | Colombia -- Política y gobierno | spa |
dc.subject.lemb | Partidos políticos -- Colombia | spa |
dc.subject.lemb | Coaliciones electorales -- Colombia | spa |
dc.subject.lemb | Elecciones -- Cubrimiento periodístico -- Colombia | spa |
dc.title | Political alignment in the time of weak parties : electoral advantages and subnational transfers in Colombia | eng |
dc.type | Working Paper | eng |
dc.type.hasversion | Published Version | eng |
dc.type.spa | Documentos de trabajo | spa |
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