TY - JOUR

T1 - Incumbency and Distributive Politics

T2 - Intergovernmental Transfers in Mexico

AU - Abbott, Andrew James

AU - Cabral, René

AU - Jones, Philip

PY - 2017/10/31

Y1 - 2017/10/31

N2 - In this article, the objective is to focus on the likelihood that politicians will rely on intergovernmental transfers to pursue political ambition. In what circumstances are incumbents more likely to rely on transfers to win votes, than to reward core supporters? How are constraints (introduced to ensure that politicians rely on predetermined formulae which reduce the incentive to design transfers to win re‐election) likely to influence “distributive politics?” Predictions in this article are tested with reference to intergovernmental transfers to 31 Mexican states between 2004 and 2012.

AB - In this article, the objective is to focus on the likelihood that politicians will rely on intergovernmental transfers to pursue political ambition. In what circumstances are incumbents more likely to rely on transfers to win votes, than to reward core supporters? How are constraints (introduced to ensure that politicians rely on predetermined formulae which reduce the incentive to design transfers to win re‐election) likely to influence “distributive politics?” Predictions in this article are tested with reference to intergovernmental transfers to 31 Mexican states between 2004 and 2012.

U2 - 10.1002/soej.12226

DO - 10.1002/soej.12226

M3 - Journal article

VL - 84

SP - 484

EP - 503

JO - Southern Economic Journal

JF - Southern Economic Journal

SN - 0038-4038

IS - 2

ER -