Bulletin n. 1/2010 | ||
July 2010 | ||
Lago-Peņas Ignacio, Lago-Peņas Santiago |
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Decentralization and electoral accountability | ||
in Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy , Volume 28, Issue 2, April , 2010 , 318-334 | ||
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. | ||