Data and Code for "Government Transfers and Votes for State Intervention"
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Giuseppe Albanese, Bank of Italy; Guido de Blasio, Bank of Italy; Lorenzo Incoronato, University College London
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Project Citation:
Albanese, Giuseppe, de Blasio, Guido, and Incoronato, Lorenzo. Data and Code for “Government Transfers and Votes for State Intervention.” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-07-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E192931V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Government transfers might have long-lasting consequences on electoral outcomes.
We study a regional policy implemented in Italy over the second half of the twentieth
century and leverage variation in transfers to show that parties promoting more state intervention in the economy performed better in the targeted areas relative to places
that were not subsidized, decades after the end of the policy. This effect does not seem
to mirror long-term differences in the economic performance of treated and control
areas, which were small, nor other attitudes within the electorate.
We study a regional policy implemented in Italy over the second half of the twentieth
century and leverage variation in transfers to show that parties promoting more state intervention in the economy performed better in the targeted areas relative to places
that were not subsidized, decades after the end of the policy. This effect does not seem
to mirror long-term differences in the economic performance of treated and control
areas, which were small, nor other attitudes within the electorate.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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voter preferences;
local elections;
government subsidies;
historical data;
rdd
JEL Classification:
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H71 State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
H76 State and Local Government: Other Expenditure Categories
I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
P16 Capitalist Systems: Political Economy
R58 Regional Development Planning and Policy
H71 State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
H76 State and Local Government: Other Expenditure Categories
I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
P16 Capitalist Systems: Political Economy
R58 Regional Development Planning and Policy
Geographic Coverage:
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Italy
Time Period(s):
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1946 – 2018
Universe:
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Italian municipalities
Data Type(s):
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administrative records data;
geographic information system (GIS) data;
program source code
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