POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC GOODS PRODUCTION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK
Keywords:
public goods, municipal authorities, political institutions, local politicsAbstract
In this paper we examine the relations between political institutions and public goods production at the local level. Municipal budget, land, infrastructure, public security, and beautification are usually studied by economists; we propose an analytical framework that takes into account political factors, namely the influence of political institutions on production and distribution of public goods. Based on the literature on institutional analysis, this scheme makes it possible to identify incentives and constraints on both the demand and supply sides of local public goods provision along with the feedback loops (monitoring and accountability mechanisms). We also analyze the analytical problems emerging when studying the effects of political institutions, in particular, the nested nature of institutions, their endogenous character, and the role of contextual factors. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17072/2218-1067-2018-4-21-34References
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