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- Title
Green Polities: Urban Environmental Performance and Government Popularity.
- Authors
Bianchini, Laura; Revelli, Federico
- Abstract
Ascertaining whether local election results are driven by incumbents' performance while in office or mechanically reflect constituencies' ideological affiliation and macroeconomic conditions is crucial for evaluating the alleged accountability-enhancing property of decentralization. On the basis of a unique score of urban environmental performance and the results of all elections held in the major Italian cities over a decade, we investigate the role of local (fiscal and environmental) vs. national issues in municipal elections. Although the empirical evidence points to a strong ideological attachment and a somewhat weaker 'fiscal conservatism,' it reveals that media reported environmental rankings have an impact on the popularity of city governments.
- Publication
Economics & Politics, 2013, Vol 25, Issue 1, p72
- ISSN
0954-1985
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1111/ecpo.12004