The Need for Enemies
We develop a model where some politicians have an edge in undertaking a task and this gives them electoral advantage, creating an incentive to underperform in the task. We test the empirical implications in the context of fighting against insurgents, using Colombian data. The main prediction is that...
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https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23884
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- Electoral system
Political power
Political relations
Colombia
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