The Political Economy of Redistribution in Indonesia

Political Patronage and Favoritism in Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer Allocations

Gerrit J. Gonschorek (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

184 Seiten

2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-29945-7 (ISBN)

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This book analyses how different institutional intergovernmental transfer designs influence patronage and favoritism in public fund allocations in Indonesia.

Presenting original research and investigating existing theories on the determinants of public fund allocations, the book uses Indonesia as a case study. Indonesia, often claimed to be characterized by money politics, provides an ideal setting for this analysis. The countries' decentralized fiscal system consists of various institutional intergovernmental transfer designs allocating public funds to a large variety of districts to finance public service provision. The author exploits those distinctive differences between various institutional intergovernmental transfer designs and investigates their influence on the prevalence of favoritism and patronage in public funds allocations while holding the political system, the observation period, and the government officials involved constant.

A valuable contribution to the literature on the political economy of redistribution, this book will be of interest to academics working on economics and political science, particularly in public finance and development economics, but also in development studies or Southeast Asian studies.

Gerrit J. Gonschorek is a Consultant at The World Bank, Governance Global Practice (GGP), Jakarta, Indonesia. He received his PhD from the Institute of Economics, Department of International Economic Policy, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany.

1. Introduction; 2. Indonesia’s Intergovernmental Transfer System; 3. Patronage in Central-Discretionary Transfer Allocations; 4. Favoritism in Subnational-Discretionary Transfer Allocations; 5. Patronage and Favoritism in Formula-Based Transfer Allocations; 6. Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Erscheinungsdatum	15.12.2023
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
Zusatzinfo	49 Tables, black and white; 7 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Halftones, black and white; 16 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	530 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10	1-032-29945-2 / 1032299452
ISBN-13	978-1-032-29945-7 / 9781032299457
Zustand	Neuware