Political Competition and Policy Adoption: Market Reforms in Latin American Public Utilities
Maria Victoria Murillo and
Cecilia Martínez‐Gallardo
American Journal of Political Science, 2007, vol. 51, issue 1, 120-139
Abstract:
This article shows that political competition generates incentives that affect the pace of adoption of market reforms in the context of policy convergence. Previous work shows the effect of financial and technological pressures in promoting policy convergence and the impact of institutional constraints on shaping the pace of policymaking. Controlling for these effects, this article demonstrates the policy effects of political competition and ideological polarization even at a time when ideological policy differences seem to be fading due to policy convergence. This article studies policy adoption using duration analysis for the 18 countries of Latin America during the 1985–2000 period when most of the market reforms in public utilities were adopted.
Date: 2007
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