We test the 'yardstick competition' hypothesis by looking at the effects of property tax increases both in the locality and in other comparable jurisdictions on the incumbents' vote. In order to obtain unbiased estimates of the effects of taxes on voting, we account for national political shocks, ideological preferences of the citizenship and government traits, and we estimate the vote equation using instrumental variables. We also allow various traits of the government (ideology, coalition government, and first term government) to mediate the effects of taxes on voting. The vote equation was estimated using a large database containing nearly 3,000 Spanish municipalities and analysing three local elections (1995, 1999 and 2003). The results...
This paper investigates the link between local budget outcomes and the intensity of party competitio...
This paper investigates the link between local budget outcomes and the intensity of party competitio...
This paper aims at testing yardstick competition among the local jurisdictions of the Walloon Region...
We test the 'yardstick competition' hypothesis by looking at the effects of property tax increases b...
We test the "yardstick competition" hypothesis by looking at the effects of property tax increases b...
We test the ‘yardstick competition’ hypothesis by examining the effects of property tax increases, b...
We test the ‘yardstick competition’ hypothesis by looking at the effects of property tax increases b...
This paper studies the determinants of local tax rates. For the two main local taxes in Spain - the ...
Do local governments mimic the tax rates set by other governments? Which groups of governments are u...
Document de treball 2004/5: Yardstick competition and the political costs of raising taxes: An empir...
This paper studies the determinants of local tax rates. For the two main local taxes in Spain - the ...
This paper evaluates whether the agency problem in public administration shapes Spanish municipaliti...
Recent theoretical papers develop political agency models in which voters compare tax policy with th...
This paper studies the determinants of local tax rates. For the two main local taxes in Spain - the ...
This paper analyzes the effect of public expenditure on the probability of reelection at local gover...
This paper investigates the link between local budget outcomes and the intensity of party competitio...
This paper investigates the link between local budget outcomes and the intensity of party competitio...
This paper aims at testing yardstick competition among the local jurisdictions of the Walloon Region...
We test the 'yardstick competition' hypothesis by looking at the effects of property tax increases b...
We test the "yardstick competition" hypothesis by looking at the effects of property tax increases b...
We test the ‘yardstick competition’ hypothesis by examining the effects of property tax increases, b...
We test the ‘yardstick competition’ hypothesis by looking at the effects of property tax increases b...
This paper studies the determinants of local tax rates. For the two main local taxes in Spain - the ...
Do local governments mimic the tax rates set by other governments? Which groups of governments are u...
Document de treball 2004/5: Yardstick competition and the political costs of raising taxes: An empir...
This paper studies the determinants of local tax rates. For the two main local taxes in Spain - the ...
This paper evaluates whether the agency problem in public administration shapes Spanish municipaliti...
Recent theoretical papers develop political agency models in which voters compare tax policy with th...
This paper studies the determinants of local tax rates. For the two main local taxes in Spain - the ...
This paper analyzes the effect of public expenditure on the probability of reelection at local gover...
This paper investigates the link between local budget outcomes and the intensity of party competitio...
This paper investigates the link between local budget outcomes and the intensity of party competitio...
This paper aims at testing yardstick competition among the local jurisdictions of the Walloon Region...