Determinants of state capacity in the Argentinian provinces
Why do Argentine provinces differ in their state capacity? A recent family of models predicts a positive relationship between democracy and extractive capacity, and a negative relationship between income inequality and extractive capacity (Besley y Persson 2009; 2011; Cárdenas 2010). These hypothese...
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Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Departamento de Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales
2023-04-01
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| description | Why do Argentine provinces differ in their state capacity? A recent family of models predicts a positive relationship between democracy and extractive capacity, and a negative relationship between income inequality and extractive capacity (Besley y Persson 2009; 2011; Cárdenas 2010). These hypotheses are tested at the subnational level of a federal country: the Argentine provinces in the period 1991-2001. Results show that (i) the level of subnational democracy has a negative effect on the extractive capacity of local governments, (ii) income inequality has a negative effect on extractive capacity, and (iii) the effect of federal transfers on extractive capacity is not statistically significant. From a theoretical point of view, the most important result is the negative association between the level of subnational democracy and the level of extractive capacity: this raises some doubts on most of the recent literature on the subject and opens the possibility of an “olsonian logic” (Olson 1993): governors with less restrictions could have an “encompassing interest” in their subnational polities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-315496c7cf50462fb0177cfee396b5612023-04-11T23:26:25ZengPontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Departamento de Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones InternacionalesRevista Colección0328-79981850-003X2023-04-010231354816Determinants of state capacity in the Argentinian provincesPablo Ezequiel Balán0Universidad de San AndrésWhy do Argentine provinces differ in their state capacity? A recent family of models predicts a positive relationship between democracy and extractive capacity, and a negative relationship between income inequality and extractive capacity (Besley y Persson 2009; 2011; Cárdenas 2010). These hypotheses are tested at the subnational level of a federal country: the Argentine provinces in the period 1991-2001. Results show that (i) the level of subnational democracy has a negative effect on the extractive capacity of local governments, (ii) income inequality has a negative effect on extractive capacity, and (iii) the effect of federal transfers on extractive capacity is not statistically significant. From a theoretical point of view, the most important result is the negative association between the level of subnational democracy and the level of extractive capacity: this raises some doubts on most of the recent literature on the subject and opens the possibility of an “olsonian logic” (Olson 1993): governors with less restrictions could have an “encompassing interest” in their subnational polities.https://erevistas.uca.edu.ar/index.php/COLEC/article/view/867federalismopolítica subnacionalcapacidad estatal |
| spellingShingle | Pablo Ezequiel Balán Determinants of state capacity in the Argentinian provinces Revista Colección federalismo política subnacional capacidad estatal |
| title | Determinants of state capacity in the Argentinian provinces |
| title_full | Determinants of state capacity in the Argentinian provinces |
| title_fullStr | Determinants of state capacity in the Argentinian provinces |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determinants of state capacity in the Argentinian provinces |
| title_short | Determinants of state capacity in the Argentinian provinces |
| title_sort | determinants of state capacity in the argentinian provinces |
| topic | federalismo política subnacional capacidad estatal |
| url | https://erevistas.uca.edu.ar/index.php/COLEC/article/view/867 |
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