Partisan Alignment and Political Corruption: Evidence from a New Democracy

I analyze the link between partisan alignment of local politicians and the incidence of political corruption, using novel hand-collected data on local political corruption in Ghana. In line with political ambition theory, I hypothesize that local politicians aligned with the national government have...

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Published in:	MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 01-2021)
Main Author:	Stöcker, Alexander
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	2020
Subjects:	Africa intergovernmental transfers local public finance political career concerns Wirtschaft corruption political alignment Economics
Online Access:	PDF Full Text
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