Collective Action and Policy Implementation: Evidence from Salvador Allende’s Expropriations
研究了冷战时期智利土地改革中，工人集体行动（以土地侵占为代理变量）如何影响政府征收的强度和地点，对理解政策执行中的政治压力有参考价值。
The Cold War triggered the appearance of U.S.-sponsored re-distributive policies in Latin America with the goal of decreasing the influence of the Soviet Union. We study how organized groups of workers increased the intensity of one of the largest programs of the time, Salvador Allende’s land reform in Chile (1970–1973). Using original data in an event study research design, we find that the local political actions of workers—proxied by land invasions—affected the intensity and location of expropriations. We argue this result can be explained by a threat of political unrest.