Political fragmentation, party ideology and public expenditures

In this paper we propose an original model of competition for effective political power between majority and opposition coalitions. The model indicates that the electoral margin of the majority and the fragmentation of both coalitions are key variables that determine their effective political power....

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Volume:	147
Main Author:	Benoît Le Maux Yvon Rocaboy Timothy Goodspeed
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	Boston Springer 01.04.2011 Springer US SPRINGER Springer Verlag
published in:	Public choice Vol. 147; no. 1/2; pp. 43 - 67
ORCID:	0000-0002-8086-1745 0000-0002-8711-6123
Data of publication:	20110401
ISSN:	0048-5829 1573-7101
EISSN:	1573-7101
Discipline:	Economics Political Science
Subjects:	Political power Conservatism Income taxes Herfindahl Hirschman index Property taxes Social expenditures Political parties Estimators Liberalism Right wing politics Local public services H72 C35 H40 Public Finance & Economics Political fragmentation Party ideology D70 Herfindahl-Hirschman index Economics / Management Science Political Science Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Government & Law Expenditures, Public Econometric models Political aspects Analysis Economics and Finance Humanities and Social Sciences ORGANIZATION Local public services COSTS DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS Political fragmentation Party ideology FISCAL-POLICY Herfindahl-Hirschman index
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