Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/57273
Title: Pork barrel in Türkiye: Distributive politics in the allocation of public investments into Turkish electorates
Authors: Ulubasoglu, Mehmet Ali
Tülümce, Sevinc Yaraşır
Keywords: individual legislator characteristics
pork barrel
T & uuml;rkiye
Mixed-Member Systems
Congressional Elections
Personal Vote
Bringing Home
Incentives
Behavior
Redistribution
Selection
Benefits
Impact
Publisher: Wiley Periodicals, Inc
Abstract: We investigate the political factors involved in the allocation of public investments into Turkish electoral districts. Using a unique data set covering detailed individual characteristics of approximately 2000 Turkish MPs over five legislative periods during 1987-2004, we show that the composition of several legislator characteristics in an electorate, such as the level of education, area of tertiary degree, and former profession, matters in the way pork barrel occurs across electorates. The findings also indicate a strong presence of partisan motivations and targeted support for opposition groups and ideological strongholds in public investment allocations. We also document evidence that a stronger right-wing tendency in the cabinet, a single-party government, fractionalized voter preferences, and higher voter turnout in the electorate are all associated with increased public investments into specific geographic constituencies.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12291
https://hdl.handle.net/11499/57273
ISSN: 0954-1985
1468-0343
Appears in Collections:İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Koleksiyonu
Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection
WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection

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