Yardstick competition among governments : accountability and policymaking when citizens look across borders / Pierre Salmon.
2019
JA77 .S25 2019
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Title
Yardstick competition among governments : accountability and policymaking when citizens look across borders / Pierre Salmon.
ISBN
9780190499198 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
JA77 .S25 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.6
Summary
When the existence of several jurisdictions (countries, regions, or cities) is acknowledged, the possibility arises that citizens compare what obtains in their own jurisdiction to what obtains in others. These cross-jurisdiction or yardstick comparisons can have an effect on citizens' support of incumbents (yardstick voting) and, as a consequence, an effect on governments' decisions, making them interact (political yardstick competition proper). Both effects have been mainly studied in the context of federalism and decentralization, with the policy variables concerned being mostly fiscal (taxes and expenditures). In that relatively simple setting, the two effects have been confirmed empirically. This text aims to document and analyze that achievement and also to extend the analysis to broader settings in terms of jurisdictions and policy domains.
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Previously issued in print: 2019.
When the existence of several jurisdictions (countries, regions, or cities) is acknowledged, the possibility arises that citizens compare what obtains in their own jurisdiction to what obtains in others. These cross-jurisdiction or yardstick comparisons can have an effect on citizens' support of incumbents (yardstick voting) and, as a consequence, an effect on governments' decisions, making them interact (political yardstick competition proper). Both effects have been mainly studied in the context of federalism and decentralization, with the policy variables concerned being mostly fiscal (taxes and expenditures). In that relatively simple setting, the two effects have been confirmed empirically. This text aims to document and analyze that achievement and also to extend the analysis to broader settings in terms of jurisdictions and policy domains.
When the existence of several jurisdictions (countries, regions, or cities) is acknowledged, the possibility arises that citizens compare what obtains in their own jurisdiction to what obtains in others. These cross-jurisdiction or yardstick comparisons can have an effect on citizens' support of incumbents (yardstick voting) and, as a consequence, an effect on governments' decisions, making them interact (political yardstick competition proper). Both effects have been mainly studied in the context of federalism and decentralization, with the policy variables concerned being mostly fiscal (taxes and expenditures). In that relatively simple setting, the two effects have been confirmed empirically. This text aims to document and analyze that achievement and also to extend the analysis to broader settings in terms of jurisdictions and policy domains.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 29, 2019).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780190499167
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