Pork-Barrel Politics in Semi-Democracies: The Spanish Parliamentary Roads, 1880-1914

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: University of Barcelona; University of Barcelona; University of Barcelona
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-0507
• DOI: 10.1017/S0022050712000368
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 771-796
• 关键词: infrastructure; ECONOMY; GROWTH

摘要

This article analyzes the effects of parliamentary representation on road infrastructure expenditure during the Spanish Restoration. Using a panel data set of Spanish provinces in 1880-1914, we find that the allocation of administrative resources among provinces depended both on the delegation characteristics (such as the share of MPs with party leadership positions, and their degree of electoral independence), and the regime's global search for stability. These results point to the importance of electoral dynamics within semi-democratic political systems, and offer an example of the influence of government tactics on infrastructure allocation.