The Retrenchment Hypothesis and the Extension of the Franchise in England and Wales
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9720708 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Toke S Aidt (University of Cambridge), Toke Aidt (0000-0002-8319-6568, University of Cambridge), Martin Daunton (0000-0003-1785-3504, University of Birmingham), Jayasri Dutta (University of Cambridge) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 120 |
| Issue | 547 |
| Pages | 990-1020 |
| Publication date | 2010-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02344.x |
| OpenAlex | W1541451328 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 38 |
| References cited | 48 |
Does an extension of the voting franchise always increase public spending or can it be a source of retrenchment? We study this question in the context of public spending on health-related urban amenities in a panel of municipal boroughs from England and Wales in 1868, 1871 and 1886. We find evidence of a U-shaped relationship between spending on urban amenities and the extension of the local voting franchise. Our model of taxpayer democracy suggests that the retrenchment effect was related to enfranchisement of the middle class through nation-wide reforms and that these reforms might have been Pareto inferior in the average borough. Copyright © The Author(s). Journal compilation © Royal Economic Society 2010
Business · Extension (predicate logic · Franchise · Media studies · Political science · Retrenchment · Sociology · Computer Science · Corporate Finance and Governance · Franchising Strategies and Performance · History · Land Rights and Reforms · Marketing · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 38 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,38 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 37 |