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Mayors, Using Cultural Expenditure in An Opportunistic Way Improves the Chances of Re-Election, but Do Not Do It: Revisiting Political Budget Cycles

Vicente CollRaül AbeledoJordi SanjuánPau Rausell

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lcsh:TJ807-830Geography Planning and Developmentlcsh:Renewable energy sourcesManagement Monitoring Policy and Lawpolitical business cyclePolítica culturalPolitics0502 economics and business050602 political science & public administrationEconomicslocal government050207 economicslcsh:Environmental scienceslcsh:GE1-350GovernmentRenewable Energy Sustainability and the Environmentlcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plants05 social sciencescultural policiesMerit good16. Peace & justice0506 political sciencelcsh:TD194-195Local governmentDemographic economics

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This article analyzes whether expenditure on the provision of merit goods, culture, health, education, and sports, by local governments, in medium-sized cities (between 20,000 and 100,000 inhabitants) is tied to the electoral cycle

10.3390/su12219095http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12219095