Public Procurement and Electoral Mobilization: The Returns of Backing the Winner

• In Event: Clientelism, Programmatic Policies, and Local Politics

Brief Overview

Using data from the 2011 Colombian local elections---a context where local council candidates serve as brokers in mayoral campaigns, we show the council candidates who supported a mayor during the mayoral race are rewarded with public contracts.

Authors

• Nicolas Idrobo, University of Pennsylvania

• Miguel Rueda, Emory University

• Nelson Ruiz, University of Essex