Decentralization and Accountability : Are Voters More Vigilant in Local than in National Elections?

Decentralization and Accountability : Are Voters More Vigilant in Local than in National Elections?

Defining vigilance as retrospective voting - where voters evaluate incumbents on their performance during their entire term in office - the author compares voter behavior in local and national elections to make inferences about whether voters are m...

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Main Author: Khemani, Stuti
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACCOUNTABILITY
ADVERSE SELECTION
AGRICULTURE
AUTHORITY
BY ELECTION
CANDIDATES
CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
CITIZENS
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
CONSTITUENCY
CONSTITUTION
DECENTRALIZATION
DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT
DEMOCRACIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC INFORMATION
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ELECTION
ELECTORATE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FEDERALISM
FISCAL
FISCAL POLICY
FOREIGN POLICY
FREEDOM
FUTURE RESEARCH
GINI COEFFICIENT
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GOVERNMENT BUDGETS
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
INFLATION
INTEREST GROUP
LAWS
LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS
LEGISLATURE
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
LOCAL ELECTIONS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MARGINAL COST
MONETARY POLICY
MORAL HAZARD
NATIONAL ELECTIONS
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONAL LEVEL
PARTY AFFILIATION
POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY
POLITICAL ACTIONS
POLITICAL AFFILIATION
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL FACTORS
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL PARTY
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICIANS
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
PRESIDENTIAL RACE
PRIME MINISTER
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC POLICIES
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICE
STATE ELECTIONS
STATE FISCAL POLICY
STATE GOVERNMENT
STATE INCOME
TAX CUTS
UNEMPLOYMENT
VOTER PARTICIPATION
VOTER PREFERENCES
VOTERS
VOTING
VOTING BEHAVIOR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1003165/decentralization-accountability-voters-more-vigilant-local-national-elections
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19702

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1003165/decentralization-accountability-voters-more-vigilant-local-national-elections
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19702

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