| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP7782 |
| DP7782 Social Capital and Political Accountability | |
| Guido Tabellini; Tommaso Nannicini; Andrea Stella | |
| 发表日期 | 2010-04-23 |
| 出版年 | 2010 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | In this paper, we empirically investigate a channel through which social capital may improve economic wellbeing and the functioning of institutions: political accountability. The main idea is that voters who share norms of generalized morality demand higher standards of behavior on their elected representavtives, are more willing to bear the cost of acquiring information, and are more likely to base their vote on criteria of social welfare rather than (narrow) personal interest. We take this conjecture to the data using information on the Italian members of Parliament in the postwar period (1948-2001). The empirical evidence shows that the electoral punishment of political misbehavior is considerably larger in electoral districts with high social capital, where social capital is measured by blood donation, and political misbehavior refers to receiving a request of criminal prosecution or shirking in parliamentary activity. Accordingly, episodes of political misbehavior are less frequent in electoral districts with high social capital. |
| 主题 | Public Economics |
| 关键词 | Culture Political agency Social capital |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp7782 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/536626 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Guido Tabellini,Tommaso Nannicini,Andrea Stella. DP7782 Social Capital and Political Accountability. 2010. |
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