The countervailing effects of competition on public goods provision: When bargaining inefficiencies lead to bad outcomes
Political competition is widely recognized as a mediator of public goods provision through its salutary effect on incumbents’ electoral incentives. We argue that political competition additionally mediates public goods provision by increasing the inefficiency of legislative bargaining. These counter...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Gottlieb, Jessica Kosec, Katrina |
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| description | Political competition is widely recognized as a mediator of public goods provision through its salutary effect on incumbents’ electoral incentives. We argue that political competition additionally mediates public goods provision by increasing the inefficiency of legislative bargaining. These countervailing forces will produce a net negative effect in places with weak parties and low transparency – typical of many young democracies. We provide rigorous evidence from one such context, Mali, and then show results generalize to other weak party settings. Using panel data from Mali and a first differences model, we find a robust negative relationship between competition and local public goods. Tests of mechanisms corroborate our interpretation of this relationship as evidence that legislative bargaining inefficiencies are driving poor outcomes. This sheds light on why evidence of positive effects generally comes from more established democracies, and underscores the importance of both the electoral and legislative arenas in analyzing public goods provision. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1458762025-11-06T05:19:51Z The countervailing effects of competition on public goods provision: When bargaining inefficiencies lead to bad outcomes Gottlieb, Jessica Kosec, Katrina politics less favoured areas public goods democracy political systems legislative incentives competitors political institutions government bargaining power public expenditure governance Political competition is widely recognized as a mediator of public goods provision through its salutary effect on incumbents’ electoral incentives. We argue that political competition additionally mediates public goods provision by increasing the inefficiency of legislative bargaining. These countervailing forces will produce a net negative effect in places with weak parties and low transparency – typical of many young democracies. We provide rigorous evidence from one such context, Mali, and then show results generalize to other weak party settings. Using panel data from Mali and a first differences model, we find a robust negative relationship between competition and local public goods. Tests of mechanisms corroborate our interpretation of this relationship as evidence that legislative bargaining inefficiencies are driving poor outcomes. This sheds light on why evidence of positive effects generally comes from more established democracies, and underscores the importance of both the electoral and legislative arenas in analyzing public goods provision. 2018-05-04 2024-06-21T09:05:15Z 2024-06-21T09:05:15Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145876 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150336 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160690 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134228 https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhz010 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055418000667 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Gottlieb, Jessica; and Kosec, Katrina. 2018. The countervailing effects of competition on public goods provision: When bargaining inefficiencies lead to bad outcomes. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1722. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145876 |
| spellingShingle | politics less favoured areas public goods democracy political systems legislative incentives competitors political institutions government bargaining power public expenditure governance Gottlieb, Jessica Kosec, Katrina The countervailing effects of competition on public goods provision: When bargaining inefficiencies lead to bad outcomes |
| title | The countervailing effects of competition on public goods provision: When bargaining inefficiencies lead to bad outcomes |
| title_full | The countervailing effects of competition on public goods provision: When bargaining inefficiencies lead to bad outcomes |
| title_fullStr | The countervailing effects of competition on public goods provision: When bargaining inefficiencies lead to bad outcomes |
| title_full_unstemmed | The countervailing effects of competition on public goods provision: When bargaining inefficiencies lead to bad outcomes |
| title_short | The countervailing effects of competition on public goods provision: When bargaining inefficiencies lead to bad outcomes |
| title_sort | countervailing effects of competition on public goods provision when bargaining inefficiencies lead to bad outcomes |
| topic | politics less favoured areas public goods democracy political systems legislative incentives competitors political institutions government bargaining power public expenditure governance |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145876 |
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