Resumen de Testing for Pork Barrel Politics in Public Infrastructure Accumulation: the case of Spain
Betty Agnani Gambocorta, Henry Ali Aray Casanova
We test the effects of different combinations of parties simultaneously holding office in the central and regional governments on the growth rate of regional public infrastructure. Using panel data for the regions of Spain over the 1988-2004 period, we find evidence to support that certain combinations of parties have significant effects on the growth rate of public infrastructure. Our results show evidence of Pork Barrel Politics under both right-wing and left-wing central goverments.
However, a stronger result is found under majority left-wing central governments.
