TY  - JOUR
AU  - Persico,Nicola
AU  - Rodríguez-Pueblita,José Carlos
AU  - Silverman,Dan
TI  - Factions and Political Competition
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 13008
PY  - 2007
Y2  - April 2007
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13008
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13008.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Nicola Persico
Kellogg School of Business
room 542 Jacobs Center
2001 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208
Tel: (847)467-1796
E-Mail: nicola@nicolapersico.com

Jose Carlo. Rodriguez-Pueblita
Ministry of Social Development (SEDESOL)
Reforma 116, Piso 5
Col. Juarez
Mexico City
Mexico
06600
Tel: +52 (55) 53286986
Fax: +52 (55) 53285000 x.52627
E-Mail: jcpueblita@gmail.com

Dan Silverman
Department of Economics
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1220
Tel: 734/764-2447
Fax: 734/764-2769
E-Mail: dansilv@umich.edu
AB  - This paper presents a new model of political competition where candidates belong to factions. Before elections, factions compete to direct local public goods to their local constituencies. The model of factional competition delivers a rich set of implications relating the internal organization of the party to the allocation of resources. Several key theoretical predictions of the model find a counterpart in our empirical analysis of newly coded data on the provision of water services in Mexico.
ER  -