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Political Alignment and Inter-jurisdictional Cooperation in a Fragmented Political Landscape: Evidence from Mexico

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  • Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio
  • Durante, Ruben
  • Gutierrez, Emilio

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We investigate the relationship between neighboring municipal authorities’ shared party affiliation and inter-jurisdictional cooperation agreements in Mexico. Exploiting a Regression Discontinuity Design in close municipal elections, we show that political alignment with neighboring municipalities translates into higher levels of inter-jurisdictional cooperation. Focusing particularly on crime prevention, we then document that cooperation has observable returns (homicide rates decline significantly) and that the difference in the probability of observing a cooperation agreement between same and different party mayors is larger when the returns to cooperation are higher.

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  • Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio & Durante, Ruben & Gutierrez, Emilio, 2024. "Political Alignment and Inter-jurisdictional Cooperation in a Fragmented Political Landscape: Evidence from Mexico," Research Department working papers 2298, CAF Development Bank Of Latinamerica.
    • Handle: RePEc:dbl:dblwop:2298
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    Gobernabilidad; Investigación socioeconómica;

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