Responsibility Attribution and Political Cycles under Multi-Level Governance

Project name in Czech
Responsibility Attribution and Political Cycles under Multi-Level Governance
Annotation in Czech
Politicians often systematically manipulate public policies before elections to gain additional voter support. While the existing literature on such political cycles has primarily focused on simple settings where politicians and their electorate interact directly through policies and elections, central, regional, and local governments may interact with each other and with voters in complex ways. In this project, we aim to study political cycles considering these interactions. We will focus on two key features of the multi-level governance structure: First, voters may find it challenging to identify which level of government is responsible for specific policies. Second, policymakers at different levels may be political allies or rivals with incentives to either help or undermine each other electorally. The findings of this project may be useful for further understanding the nature of political cycles and the incentives of policymakers and may contribute to improving the efficiency of governance systems with a multi-level structure.

R&D category
ZV - Basic research
OECD FORD - main branch
50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics
OECD FORD - secondary branch
50602 - Public administration
OECD FORD - another secondary branch
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CEP - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)
AE - Management, administration and clerical work<br>AH - Economics<br>GA - Agricultural economics

Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data delivery code
CEP26-GA0-GA-R
Data delivery date
Apr 27, 2026

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