@article {223201,
	title = {Political Turnover, Bureaucratic Turnover, and the Quality of Public Services},
	journal = {American Economic Review},
	volume = {112},
	number = {2},
	year = {Working Paper},
	pages = {442-93},
	abstract = {
	We study how political turnover in mayoral elections in Brazil affects public education provision. Exploiting a regression discontinuity design for close elections, we find that municipalities with a new party in office subsequently have test scores that are .05{\textendash}.08 standard deviations lower. Party turnover leads to a sharp increase in the replacement rate of head-masters and teachers in schools controlled by the municipality. In contrast, turnover of the mayor{\textquoteright}s party does not impact local (non-municipal) schools. These findings suggest that political turnover can adversely affect the quality of public services when the bureaucracy is not shielded from the political process.



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	url = {https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20171867\&from=f},
	author = {Mitra Akhtari and Diana Moreira and Laura Trucco}
}
