INVESTIGADORES
MAZZALAY Victor Hugo
artículos
Título:
Determinants of party and mayor reelection in local governments: An empirical examination for Argentina during 1983-2011
Autor/es:
FREILLE, SEBASTIÁN; MAZZALAY, VICTOR HUGO
Revista:
Revista de Economía y Estadística
Editorial:
Instituto de Economía y Finanzas de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, UNC.
Referencias:
Año: 2019
ISSN:
0034-8066
Resumen:
This paper examines the determinants of reelection of parties and mayors inArgentine local elections during the 1983-2011 period. Using a unique and comprehensive database recording local elecion results for over 1200 local governments, we test three potential sources of variation: structural factors, polítical/institutional variables and economic variables. We nd that incumbency advantage is strongly and signicantly related with a higher probability of reelection. We also nd some evidence supporting the economic voting hypothesis, that local economic conditions are relevant for explaining re-election of local governments. We also nd that local governments where parties and mayors have been in oce for a long time have greater re-election chances. Finally, we nd that governments with municipal charters have lower probability of reelection. Summing up, there seems to be both economic and politico-institucional factors behind re-election rates of parties and mayors in Argentine local governments.
