Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Bianchini Laura
Author-Email: laura.bianchini@unito.it
Author-Name: Revelli Federico
Author-Email: federico.revelli@unito.it
Author-Homepage: http://www.est.unito.it/do/docenti.pl/Show?_id=frevelli;sort=U2;search=;hits=141
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Turin
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.est.unito.it/
Title: Green Polities: Urban Environmental Performance and Government Popularity
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. Based on 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) versus national issues in municipal elections. While the empirical evidence points to a strong ideological attachment and a somewhat weaker fiscal conservatism, it reveals that media reported environmental ranking has a considerable impact on the popularity of city governments
Length: 35 pages
Creation-Date: 2011-06
File-URL: http://www.est.unito.it/do/home.pl/Download?doc=/allegati/wp2011dip/4_wp_bianchini_revelli.pdf
File-Format: Application/PDF
Handle: RePEc:uto:dipeco:201104