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New vs. Reelected Mayor: Who Is More Responsive to Disasters?

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  • Mel Lorenzo Accad

    (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

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Are new mayors more responsive to disasters than their reelected counterparts? The identification strategy is based on slim vote margin in which new and reelected mayors are found to be as if randomly assigned. We find that with greater storm exposure: new mayors spend more on health sector than reelected mayors. We don’t find stable and statistically significant result in other sectors and in total municipal income or expenditure.

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  • Mel Lorenzo Accad, 2020. "New vs. Reelected Mayor: Who Is More Responsive to Disasters?," UP School of Economics Discussion Papers 202003, University of the Philippines School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:phs:dpaper:202003
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    Keywords

    election; accountability; disaster response;
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    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
    • H84 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Disaster Aid
    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements

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