The Break-Up of Municipalities –Voting Behavior in Local Referenda

Anna Brink
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Anna Brink: Department of Economics, School of Economics and Commercial Law, Göteborg University, Postal: Box 640, SE 405 30 GÖTEBORG

No 58, Working Papers in Economics from University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper examines the economic and political conditions that influence people’s attitudes regarding a municipality break-up. The theoretical model predicts intra-municipal differences in tax bases, political preferences, and population size to affect the expected gain from secession. The predictions of the model are tested using data on local referenda about municipality partitioning in Sweden. The data support one of the three effects; voters in municipality parts that are wealthy compared to other parts of the same municipality are more positive to secession.

Keywords: median voter; municipalities; referenda; break-up (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H11 H73 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2001-11-14, Revised 2003-09-05
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Published in Economics of Governance, 2004, pages 119-135.

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