Pork Barrel Politics in a Coalition Government Environment and the Effect of Grants on the Reelection of Local Incumbents: Evidence from Slovakia

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F16%3A00088270" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/16:00088270 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/PC2016-3-251" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/PC2016-3-251</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/PC2016-3-251" target="_blank" >10.5817/PC2016-3-251</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Pork Barrel Politics in a Coalition Government Environment and the Effect of Grants on the Reelection of Local Incumbents: Evidence from Slovakia

Original language description

Distribution of resources is an essential part of politics and vast research has been done in this field. While the allocation of public money is primarily of an economic nature, the literature shows that political representatives tend to use it for rewarding their allies while punishing their rivals. In addition, allocated grants have the potential to increase the prospects of incumbents when seeking reelection. This paper elaborates on these expectations and it studies a governmental program of local grants in Slovakia in the period between 2004 and 2014. The results show that better access to resources is given to towns led by mayors with closer ties to the central cabinet. In coalition governments, however, this advantage is provided primarily to municipalities with mayors supported by the ruling party that directly controls the distribution. What is more, the subsidies are beneficial for mayors when seeking reelection.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA15-22754S" target="_blank" >GA15-22754S: The Quality of Democracy: The Czech Republic in Comparative Perspective</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Politologický časopis / Czech Journal of Political Science

ISSN

1211-3247

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

23

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

251-271

UT code for WoS article

000445543300003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85028412356