Political Alignment and Inter-jurisdictional Cooperation in a Fragmented Political Landscape: Evidence from Mexico

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Political Alignment and Inter-jurisdictional Cooperation in a Fragmented Political Landscape: Evidence from Mexico

Data de publicação: 2024-09-26

Autores: Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio ; Durante, Ruben ; Gutierrez, Emilio

We investigate the relationship between neighboring municipal authorities’ shared party affiliation and inter-jurisdictional cooperation agreements in Mexico. Exploiting a Regression Discontinuity Design in close municipal elections, we show that political alignment with neighboring municipalities translates into higher levels of inter-jurisdictional cooperation. Focusing particularly on crime prevention, we then document that cooperation has observable returns (homicide rates decline significantly) and that the difference in the probability of observing a cooperation agreement between same and different party mayors is larger when the returns to cooperation are higher.

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Idioma: en

País / Região: América Latina, México

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Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio; Durante, Ruben; Gutierrez, Emilio. (2024). Political Alignment and Inter-jurisdictional Cooperation in a Fragmented Political Landscape: Evidence from Mexico. Caracas: CAF

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Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio

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Durante, Ruben

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Gutierrez, Emilio

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