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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Pork-barrel politics"”.
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Essays in health and public policy
… The second and third essays investigate how politics play a role in defining the quality and quantity of local health and school services. In particular, the second essay looks at whether variation of representation in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies can explain differences in local output …
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Public Policy in Italy: An Empirical Analysis on Local Governments and Occupations
… periods and of the electoral benefits of pork barrel measures for incumbent politicians. Despite several findings of strong evidence that intergovernmental fiscal transfers rise during election years, in the Italian case researchers investigated little the political incentives that lay …