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Alabrese, Eleonora, Liberini, Federica, Porcelli, Francesco, Russon, Antonio and Redoano, Michela (2023) Electoral accountability and local support for national policies. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1448). (Unpublished)
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Abstract
We study the provision of information by local governments that supports individual compliance with nationwide regulation, and how this provision relates to the electoral process. We use information about individual mobility (compliance with the lockdown) and Facebook posts by Italian local governments during the Covid 19 pandemic. We show that in municipalities where mayors were up for re-election, local governments provided significantly more covid-related information. This information caused a significant decrease in mobility and excess mortality. However, these effects seem to arise only in the northern regions of the country, where the impact of the pandemic was more severe.
| Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Local government -- Italy, Central-local government relations -- Italy, Elections -- Italy, Compliance , COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Government policy -- Italy | ||||||
| Series Name: | Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) | ||||||
| Publisher: | University of Warwick. Department of Economics | ||||||
| Place of Publication: | Coventry | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0083-7350 | ||||||
| Official Date: | January 2023 | ||||||
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| Number: | 1448 | ||||||
| Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Free Access (unspecified licence, 'bronze OA') | ||||||
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