Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/146697 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Citation: 
[Journal:] Estudios de Economía [ISSN:] 0718-5286 [Volume:] 39 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía [Place:] Santiago de Chile [Year:] 2012 [Pages:] 27-51
Publisher: 
Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía, Santiago de Chile
Abstract (Translated): 
This paper presents a model of political competition to explore the effect that the ideological distance between two political parties has over the provision of public goods. The main result argues that the ideological distance between parties and citizens has a negative relationship with the provision of public goods. In contrast with other models, the result is explained, neither by cooperation problems nor conflict between polarized groups, but because of the political profitability of clientelistic employment.
Subjects: 
polarization
political competition
government efficiency
government employment
clientelism
JEL: 
D72
D73
H11
H41
Document Type: 
Article

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