Armesto, Alejandra created a multilevel dataset analyzing particularistic spending by subnational governments. The dataset contains 2,552 municipal-level observations for Mexico and 644 departmental-level observations for Argentina, covering the period from 1993 to 2005. It was last updated on the Harvard Dataverse platform in May 2026.
Use Cases
- Modeling the relationship between unified government and particularistic spending based on the described political condition variable.
- Analyzing geographic deviations in public spending across six policy areas (housing, electricity, education, health, water, rural roads).
- Conducting comparative multilevel analysis of fiscal behavior across Mexican states and Argentine provinces.
Strengths
- Multilevel structure with 2,552 observations for Mexico and 644 for Argentina, allowing for nested analysis.
- Clear temporal coverage from 1993 to 2005 across eight Mexican and seven Argentine gubernatorial administrations.
- Focus on a specific political condition (executives' budget-modifying power) present in 94% of Mexican states and 96% of Argentine provinces.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Geographic coverage is limited to four states in Mexico and four provinces in Argentina, which may affect generalizability.
Provenance
- Source
- Harvard Dataverse, author Armesto, Alejandra.
- Collection Method
- Consolidated from original multilevel databases for Mexico and Argentina, linked via administrative and year keys.
- Time Range
- 1993 to 2005
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-11 14:12:36; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Four Mexican states (Oaxaca, Zacatecas, Sonora, Jalisco) and four Argentine provinces (Jujuy, Corrientes, Mendoza, Cordoba).