2010•Environment and Planning C Government and PolicyRequires access
Decentralization and Electoral Accountability
Ignacio Lago, Santiago Lago Peñas
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Abstract
On the basis of aggregated and individual-level survey data of national and regional elections in Spain, this paper analyzes how economic voting is impacted by vertical and horizontal dimensions of clarity of responsibility. Our findings suggest that economic voting is enhanced when mechanisms of accountability are simple.