Resumen

MEZA, Oliver  y  GOMEZ-ALVAREZ, David. Reglas electorales y desempeño gubernamental: aplicación de un experimento natural al caso de los regidores por demarcación en Nayarit. Perf. latinoam. [online]. 2017, vol.25, n.50, pp.203-225. ISSN 0188-7653.  https://doi.org/10.18504/pl2550-010-2017.

The research explores the capacity and development of local councils of local governments after a reform that decentralized how councilmembers get elected. Since 2007, Nayarit has modified the electoral institutions; councilmembers are now elected by a single district majority principle. To verify the change on capacity and development we observe three key aspects in local governments: own source revenue, public services, and citizen participation in policies. We compare Nayarit localities against the evolution of a control group. We do not observe important changes although a significant diminishing effect in own source revenue capacity.

Palabras llave : Local council; local governments; democracy; institutional capacity; government performance; councilmembers; natural experiment.