Political Alignment and Inter-jurisdictional Cooperation in a Fragmented Political Landscape: Evidence from Mexico

Emilio Depetris-Chauvin, Ruben Durante and Emilio Gutierrez

No 2298, Research Department working papers from CAF Development Bank Of Latinamerica

Abstract: We investigate the relationship between neighboring municipal authorities’ shared party affiliation and inter-jurisdictional cooperation agreements in Mexico. Exploiting a Regression Discontinuity Design in close municipal elections, we show that political alignment with neighboring municipalities translates into higher levels of inter-jurisdictional cooperation. Focusing particularly on crime prevention, we then document that cooperation has observable returns (homicide rates decline significantly) and that the difference in the probability of observing a cooperation agreement between same and different party mayors is larger when the returns to cooperation are higher.

Keywords: Gobernabilidad; Investigación socioeconómica (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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