Single‐Party Rule, Public Spending, and Political Rents: Evidence from Finnish Municipalities*
利用芬兰市政数据，通过断点回归设计，研究一党政府与联合政府在公共支出和政治租金提取上的差异，发现联合政府支出更多、租金提取更高。
Abstract In this paper, I investigate the differences in public spending and extraction of political rents between single‐party and coalition governments. Common pool theories predict that coalitions tend to spend more and extract more rents than single‐party governments. Using data from Finnish municipalities for the years 1997–2012 and a regression discontinuity design approach tailored for proportional elections, I provide causal evidence consistent with the theoretical predictions.