Partisan Alignment and Political Corruption: Evidence from a New Democracy

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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I publikationen:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 01-2021)
Huvudupphovsman: Stöcker, Alexander
Materialtyp: Artikel
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2020
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Africa
political alignment
intergovernmental transfers
corruption
political career concerns
Wirtschaft
local public finance
Economics
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Signum: urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-es2024-06776
Utgivningstid: 2024-01-19
Downloads: 21 (2024)
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Länk till materialet: https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/es/2024/0677
https://doi.org/10.17192/es2024.0677

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