Evidence from Italy: how local governments manipulate tax and spend policies to help win re-election

Ferraresi, Massimiliano (2021) Evidence from Italy: how local governments manipulate tax and spend policies to help win re-election. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog (08 Apr 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

There is a clear incentive for politicians to manipulate tax and spend policies in advance of an election to help boost their electoral chances. Yet while this phenomenon has been studied extensively at the national level across Europe, there is relatively little evidence of it at the level of local politics. Drawing on a study ... Continued

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	03 Jun 2021 11:00
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 03:01
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/110613

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