Political alignment and the allocation of the COVID-19 response funds—evidence from municipalities in Poland

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-04-01 DOI:10.18559/ebr.2022.1.4

P. Matuszak, Bartosz Totleben, Dawid Piątek

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Abstract

Abstract This paper aims to analyse the allocation of the COVID-19 response funds from the perspective of the political alignment hypothesis. The authors focus on the allocation of the second and third rounds of the Governmental Fund for Local Investments (part of the COVID-19 Response Fund) in Poland. Using the logit and OLS models and the regression discontinuity design the authors show that mayors aligned with the central government were significantly more likely to receive the funds, as well as in higher per capita values, than mayors aligned with the opposition or unaligned with any party in parliament when the allocation was based on a discretionary decision. The results support the political alignment hypothesis and highlight the danger of partiality in the allocation of the COVID-19 response funds.

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政治协调和COVID-19应对资金的分配——来自波兰各市的证据

摘要本文旨在从政治结盟假设的角度分析COVID-19应对资金的分配。作者重点介绍了波兰第二轮和第三轮政府地方投资基金(2019冠状病毒病应对基金的一部分)的分配情况。使用logit和OLS模型以及回归不连续设计，作者表明，当拨款基于自由裁量决定时，与中央政府结盟的市长比与反对派结盟或不与议会任何政党结盟的市长更有可能获得资金，人均价值也更高。研究结果支持政治一致性假设，并强调了在分配COVID-19应对资金时存在偏袒的危险。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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