*The Retrenchment Hypothesis and the Extension of the Franchise in England and Wales
*The Retrenchment Hypothesis and the Extension of the Franchise in England and Wales
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*英格兰和威尔士的紧缩假说和特许经营权的扩展
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2009
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通讯作者:
J. Dutta
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作者:
Toke S. Aidt;M. Daunton;J. Dutta
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.
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9.8
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Aidt T
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Aidt T