The impact of political fragmentation on the municipal spending in Peru

Alberto Mendoza; Sergio Hinostroza

doi:10.1093/cesifo/ifad008

The impact of political fragmentation on the municipal spending in Peru

Alberto Mendoza
, Sergio Hinostroza

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Abstract

This study evaluates the impact of political fragmentation at the municipal level on public expenditure during the period 2007–2018 for the Peruvian case. The results indicate that the effect of political fragmentation within a municipal council on the spending of the provincial municipality could be non-linear. That is, political fragmentation affects negatively the expenditure in a certain tranche and positively in another. In particular, we observe that the incidence occurs only on the execution of capital expenditure. On the other hand, the political fragmentation of the districts within a province seems not to have a significant effect on the execution of expenditure in coordinated areas such as transport, health, and sanitation. (JEL Codes: E62, H54, H72, P16, P35)

Translated title of the contribution	El impacto de la fragmentación política en el gasto municipal en Perú
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	125-157
Number of pages	33
Journal	CESifo Economic Studies
Volume	69
Issue number	3
Early online date	25 Sep 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifad008
State	Published - Sep 2023
Externally published	Yes

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© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Ifo Institute, Munich. All rights reserved.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Municipalities
Public spending
Political fragmentation
Management of resources
management of resources
public spending
municipalities
political fragmentation

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