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The effect of the increase in political competition
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Smart Voting (SM) is an online service designed by the Russian political opposition to promote candidates with the best chance to defeat Kremlin approved politicians. In this paper, using annual county-level data on public expenditure and a triple difference (TD) strategy, I utilize a plausibly exogenous increase in political competition caused by...
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... information on the regions where SM achieved success is available in the media. Table 1 shows that the unexpected increase in competition in regional parliament increased investment into human capital. Column (1) uses data only on health and education to show a difference-in-differences estimate over time and between regions where parliament became competitive and stayed uncompetitive. ...Context 2
... (1) of Table 1 uses data only on health and education to show a differencein-differences estimate over time and between regions where parliament became competitive and stayed uncompetitive. Column (2) uses all types of public expenses and shows a difference-in-differences estimate over time and between human capital and other expenses. ...Context 3
... (1) of Table 1 uses data only on health and education to show a differencein-differences estimate over time and between regions where parliament became competitive and stayed uncompetitive. Column (2) uses all types of public expenses and shows a difference-in-differences estimate over time and between human capital and other expenses. ...