Effects of political rivalry on public investments in education and income inequality

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2016

Autores

Sochirca, E (Autor) Outra; Óscar Afonso (Autor) FEP; Silva, ST (Autor) FEP; Neves, PC (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Journal of Policy Modeling

Vol. 38

Páginas: 372-396

ISSN: 0161-8938

Editora: Elsevier

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 6 Citações

Scopus - 7 Citações

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-00K-J09

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2016.03.003

Abstract (EN): In this paper we intend to empirically examine the impact of political rivalry on four selected macroeconomic variables: public investments in education, school enrollment, GDP per capita and income inequality. We first construct a political rivalry indicator and examine how it varies across different groups of countries. We then perform a series of regressions and find that in lower income countries there is a significant negative impact of political rivalry on the selected variables, while in higher income countries the impact is weaker. This suggests that the channels linking political rivalry to macroeconomic variables differ with the development level.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 25