Fiscal Incentives of Elected and Appointed Subnational Executives: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Russia

• In Event: Midwest Eurasian Political Economy Workshop: Local Governance

Brief Overview

This paper uses a novel quasi-experimental framework built around the transition to direct elections of Russian governors, and sheds light on whether the federal government has created differing fiscal incentives for elected vs appointed governors.

Authors

• Andrey Yushkov, Indiana University

• Kathleen Ann Gergely, Indiana University-Bloomington