Too Great Expectations? Short-run Rise and Long-run Fall of the Incumbent Support following Large-scale Infrastructure Projects in Japan and Italy

• In Event: The State and Development

Brief Overview

I found that large-scale infrastructure projects (pork) in Japan and Italy since the 1970s created a short-run boost for the incumbent support during the construction phase, and long-term electoral stagnation following the completion.

Author

• Makoto Fukumoto, University of California-Berkeley