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100	1		_aSCHADY, Norbert R _99605
245	1	0	_aThe political economy of expenditures by the peruvian social fund (FONCODES),1991-95
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520	3		_aThe Peruvian Social Fund (FONCODES) was created by Presidente Alberto Fujimori in 1991 whith the stated objectives of generating employment, allviating poverty, and improving access to social services. This article uses province-level data on monthly expenditures, socioeconomic indicator, and electoral outcomes to analyze political influences on the timing and geographic distribution of FONCODES expenditures between 1991 and 1995. I reach three main conclusions. Firts, these expenditures increased significantly before natinal elections. Second, FONCODES projects were directed at provinces in wich the marginal political effect of expenditures was likely to be largest. Third, these projects favored the poorest provinces, which suggests that the program aso had a redistributive function. The results are robust to a large number of specifications and controls. The Peruvian data suport predictinos made in the literature on political business cycles as well as the literature on olitical influences on the allocation of discretionary funds
773	0	8	_tAmerican Political Science Review _g94, 2, p. 289-304 _d, 2000 _w
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998			_a20030131 _bCassio _cCassio
998			_a20060724 _b1619^b _cQuiteria
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c10776 _d10776
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