Political Factors of Subnational Leaders’ Time Horizons in the Russian Municipalities

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Abstract

I argue that for subnational officials, past
turnover will interact with institutional autonomy and affect their time horizons. To test my
theory, I use observational data on Russian municipal officials and their policy decisions.
I demonstrate that political autonomy (having local executive
elections) is associated with shorter time horizons (measured as signed project duration).

Author

• Guzel Garifullina, U of Richmond