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Determinants of party and mayor reelection in local governments. An empirical examination for Argentina during 1983-2011

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  • Sebastián Freille

    (Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Unidad Asociada al Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Córdoba, Argentina). Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas (Córdoba, Argentina))

  • Víctor Mazzalay

    (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CABA, Argentina). Universidad Católica de Córdoba (Córdoba, Argentina). Universidad Nacional de Villa María (Villa María, Argentina))

Abstract

This paper examines the determinants of reelection of parties and mayors in Argentine local elections during the 1983-2011 period. Using a unique and comprehensive database recording local elecion results for over 1200 local governments, we test three potential sources of variation, structural factors, polítical/institutional variables and economic variables. We find that incumbency advantage is strongly and significantly related with a higher probability of reelection. We also find some evidence supporting the economic voting hypothesis, that local economic conditions are relevant for explaining re-election of local governments. We also find that local governments where parties and mayors have been in office for a long time have greater re-election chances. Finally, we find that governments with municipal charters have lower probability of reelection. Summing up, there seems to be both economic and politico-institucional factors behind re-election rates of parties and mayors in Argentine local governments./ En el presente documento se examinan los factores determinantes de la reelección de partidos e intendentes en las elecciones locales de la Argentina durante el período 1983-2011. Utilizando una base de datos única y completa que registra los resultados de las eleciones locales para más de 1200 gobiernos locales, probamos tres fuentes potenciales de variación, factores estructurales, variables políticas/institucionales y variables económicas. Encontramos que la ventaja de la titularidad está fuertemente y significativamente relacionada con una mayor probabilidad de reelección. También encontramos algunas pruebas que apoyan la hipótesis del voto económico, de que las condiciones económicas locales son relevantes para explicar la reelección de los gobiernos locales. También encontramos que los gobiernos locales donde los partidos y los alcaldes han estado en el cargo durante mucho tiempo tienen mayores posibilidades de reelección. Por último, encontramos que los gobiernos con cartas municipales tienen menores probabilidades de reelección. En resumen, parece haber factores tanto económicos como político-institucionales detrás de las tasas de reelección de partidos y alcaldes en los gobiernos locales argentinos.

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  • Sebastián Freille & Víctor Mazzalay, 2018. "Determinants of party and mayor reelection in local governments. An empirical examination for Argentina during 1983-2011," Revista de Economía y Estadística, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Instituto de Economía y Finanzas, vol. 56(1), pages 59-87, Diciembre.
  • Handle: RePEc:ief:reveye:v:56:y:2018:i:1:p:59-87
    DOI: 10.55444/2451.7321.2018.v56.n1.29388
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    Keywords

    Reelection; Transfers; Fiscal Policy; Local Governments;
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    JEL classification:

    • H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities

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