Lost in Transition? The Persistence of Dictatorship Mayors
Dictatorships can affect the functioning of new democracies but the mechanisms are poorly understood. We study the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile using new data and provide two findings. First, mayors appointed by Pinochet obtained a nine percentage point vote premium in the first local election in...
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ir-10336-203352020-02-12T21:20:23Z Lost in Transition? The Persistence of Dictatorship Mayors González, Felipe Muñoz, Pablo Prem, Mounu Grupo de Investigaciones. Facultad de Economía. Universidad del Rosario Economía Economía Dictarura Politicians Dictatorship Democracy D2 G2 G3 M2 Dictatorships can affect the functioning of new democracies but the mechanisms are poorly understood. We study the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile using new data and provide two findings. First, mayors appointed by Pinochet obtained a nine percentage point vote premium in the first local election in democracy. This premium is explained by an incumbency advantage and by an increase in local spending during the transition. Second, dictatorship mayors increased the vote share of right-wing political parties in democracy. We conclude that the dictatorship won "hearts and minds" before the transition and successfully maintained part of their political power. 2019-09-19 2019-09-25T14:34:27Z info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/20335 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess text/html application/pdf |
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Dictatorships can affect the functioning of new democracies but the mechanisms are poorly understood. We study the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile using new data and provide two findings. First, mayors appointed by Pinochet obtained a nine percentage point vote premium in the first local election in democracy. This premium is explained by an incumbency advantage and by an increase in local spending during the transition. Second, dictatorship mayors increased the vote share of right-wing political parties in democracy. We conclude that the dictatorship won "hearts and minds" before the transition and successfully maintained part of their political power. |
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Grupo de Investigaciones. Facultad de Economía. Universidad del Rosario |
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Grupo de Investigaciones. Facultad de Economía. Universidad del Rosario González, Felipe Muñoz, Pablo Prem, Mounu |
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González, Felipe Muñoz, Pablo Prem, Mounu |
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González, Felipe |
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Lost in Transition? The Persistence of Dictatorship Mayors |
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Lost in Transition? The Persistence of Dictatorship Mayors |
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