Can Citizens Set City Policy? Evidence from a Decentralized Welfare State
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Can Citizens Set City Policy? Evidence from a Decentralized Welfare State. / Egerod, Benjamin; Larsen, Martin.
I: Urban Affairs Review, Bind 57, Nr. 4, 2021, s. 1178-1195.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Can Citizens Set City Policy?
T2 - Evidence from a Decentralized Welfare State
AU - Egerod, Benjamin
AU - Larsen, Martin
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Municipal governments supposedly empower citizens, giving them the ability to shape the political organization of their local community. In spite of this, we know little about whether municipal governments are in fact responsive to the policy views of municipal electorates. In this study, we look at whether the policy implemented by local politicians actually respond to changes in the ideological mood of the electorate. In particular, we compile a unique and comprehensive data set of local fiscal policy in Denmark, which we use to construct municipal-level estimates of fiscal policy conservatism. These detailed policy data are then linked to an indicator of local ideological sentiment. Based on these data, we find strong evidence for dynamic responsiveness: When local preferences change, local public policy responds.
AB - Municipal governments supposedly empower citizens, giving them the ability to shape the political organization of their local community. In spite of this, we know little about whether municipal governments are in fact responsive to the policy views of municipal electorates. In this study, we look at whether the policy implemented by local politicians actually respond to changes in the ideological mood of the electorate. In particular, we compile a unique and comprehensive data set of local fiscal policy in Denmark, which we use to construct municipal-level estimates of fiscal policy conservatism. These detailed policy data are then linked to an indicator of local ideological sentiment. Based on these data, we find strong evidence for dynamic responsiveness: When local preferences change, local public policy responds.
KW - responsiveness
KW - city politics
KW - budgetary politics
KW - partisanship
KW - PERFORMANCE
KW - POLITICS
KW - CAUSAL
U2 - 10.1177/1078087420916247
DO - 10.1177/1078087420916247
M3 - Journal article
VL - 57
SP - 1178
EP - 1195
JO - Urban Affairs Review
JF - Urban Affairs Review
SN - 1078-0874
IS - 4
ER -
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