Intergovernmental fiscal transfers as pork barrel

Linda Veiga and Francisco Veiga

No 7/2010, NIPE Working Papers from NIPE - Universidade do Minho

Abstract: This paper simultaneously analyses the determinants of intergovernmental fiscal transfers and the votes that these transfers earn in subsequent legislative elections in Portugal. Results suggest that election year increases in transfers by the central government to municipalities secure added votes, and that these transfers are targeted at jurisdictions where the government faces risk of losing support

Keywords: intergovernmental transfers; electoral competition; pork-barrel politics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 D78 E62 H77 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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