Economic policy and electoral outcomes

Alberto Porto and Agustin Lodola

Journal of Applied Economics, 2013, vol. 16, 333-356

Abstract: This paper studies the connection between economic policy and electoral outcomes. In particular, it analyzes the impact of the conflict between the agro-manufacturing sector and the national government on the congressional elections for national deputies in the 134 municipalities of the province of Buenos Aires — a conflict which stemmed from the increase in taxation and the imposition of quantitative restrictions on the sector’s production and exports. The municipalities differ greatly in their productive structures; therefore, a policy that is detrimental (beneficial) to a certain sector of activity may be expected to have a greater negative (positive) impact on the election results for the governing party in those municipalities where that sector is quantitatively important. The estimations show that the relative importance of the agro-manufacturing sector, controlling for economic, social and political variables, had a positive impact on the party in office in 2007 and a negative one in 2009. An online appendix is available.

Keywords: electoral outcomes; congressional elections; economic policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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