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Buying a Blind Eye: Campaign Donations, Forbearance, and Deforestation in Colombia

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dc.audienceResearcherseng
dc.audienceStudentseng
dc.audienceTeacherseng
dc.contributor.institucionUniversidad del Rosariospa
dc.coverage.ciudadBogotáspa
dc.creatorHarding, Robinspa
dc.creatorPrem, Mounuspa
dc.creatorRuiz, Nelson A.spa
dc.creatorVargas, David L.spa
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-17T21:27:57Zspa
dc.date.available2021-08-17T21:27:57Zspa
dc.date.created2021-08-17spa
dc.description.abstractWhile existing work has demonstrated that campaign donations can buy access to benefits such as favorable legislation and preferential contracting, we highlight another use of campaign contributions: buying forbearance. Specifically, we argue that in return for campaign contributions, Colombian mayors who rely on donor-funding (compared to those who do not) choose not to enforce sanctions against illegal deforestation activities. Using a regression discontinuity design we show that deforestation is significantly higher in municipalities that elect donor-funded as opposed to self-funded politicians. Further analysis shows that only part of this effect can be explained by differences is contracting practices by donor-funded mayors. Instead, evidence from analysis of fire clearance, and of heterogeneity in the effects according to the presence of alternative formal and informal enforcement institutions, supports the interpretation that campaign contributions buy forbearance from enforcement of environmental regulations.eng
dc.format.extent52 páginasspa
dc.format.mimetypePDFspa
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.redinvestigadores.org/handle/Riec/105spa
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.relation.ispartofDocumentos de Trabajospa
dc.relation.numberNo. 84spa
dc.relation.repechttps://ideas.repec.org/p/rie/riecdt/84.htmlspa
dc.rights.accessRightsOpen Accesseng
dc.rights.ccAtribucion-NoComercial-CompartirIgual CC BY-NC-SA 4.0spa
dc.rights.spaAcceso abiertospa
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/eng
dc.subject.jelP48 - Political Economy; Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studieseng
dc.subject.jelQ56 - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growtheng
dc.subject.keywordCampaign donationseng
dc.subject.keywordDeforestationeng
dc.subject.keywordForbearanceeng
dc.subject.lembDesarrollo económico -- Medio ambiente -- Colombiaspa
dc.subject.lembEconomía -- Política -- Colombiaspa
dc.subject.lembCampañas políticas -- Financiación -- Colombiaspa
dc.subject.temaCambio climáticospa
dc.titleBuying a Blind Eye: Campaign Donations, Forbearance, and Deforestation in Colombiaeng
dc.typeWorking papereng
dc.type.hasversionPublished Versioneng
dc.type.spaDocumentos de Trabajospa

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