Decentralization and Electoral Accountability

Ignacio Lago-Peñas and Santiago Lago-Peñas
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Ignacio Lago-Peñas: Department of Political and Social Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra of Barcelona, Ramón Trías Fargas 25-27, 08005 Barcelona, Spain
Santiago Lago-Peñas: REDE, IEB and the University of Vigo, Department of Applied Economics, Campus Universitario, 32004 Ourense, Spain
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Santiago Lago-Peñas

Environment and Planning C, 2010, vol. 28, issue 2, 318-334

Abstract: On the basis of aggregated and individual-level survey data of national and regional elections in Spain, this paper analyzes how economic voting is impacted by vertical and horizontal dimensions of clarity of responsibility. Our findings suggest that economic voting is enhanced when mechanisms of accountability are simple.

Date: 2010
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