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Does Money Help Elections? Analysis of the Impact of Campaign Spending and Incumbency in Ecuador

AutorArnaldo Vergara-Romero, Muman Rojas-Dávila, Alex Olalla-Hernández
CargoMagister en Economía, Docente-Investigador de tiempo completo, Universidad Ecotec, Samborondón, Ecuador/Magister en Matemática Avanzada y Profesional, Docente de posgrado, Universidad Ecotec, Samborondón, Ecuador/Magister en Economía, Docente-Investigador tiempo completo, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, España
Páginas172-180
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2022.57.09.18
How to Cite:
Vergara-Romero, A., Rojas-Dávila, M., & Olalla-Hernández, A. (2022). Does Money Help Elections? Analysis of the Impact of
Campaign Spending and Incumbency in Ecuador. Amazonia Investiga, 11(57), 172-180. https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2022.57.09.18
Does Money Help Elections? Analysis of the Impact of Campaign
Spending and Incumbency in Ecuador
¿El Dinero ayuda a las Elecciones? Análisis del Impacto del Gasto de Campaña y la
Incumbencia en Ecuador
Received: October 10, 2022 Accepted: November 5, 2022
Written by:
Arnaldo Vergara-Romero58
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8503-3685
Muman Rojas-Dávila59
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6173-8349
Alex Olalla-Hernández60
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7305-4750
Abstract
Restricting policies on electoral spending are
intended to equalize the conditions of
participation of candidates for a seat in a popular
election. However, does the application of these
restrictions gener ate equ ity in the electoral
contest, or the opposite? There is much evidence
about the advantage of the candidate who is
reelected (incu mbent) against his contender
(challenger), which questions whether the budget
restriction on electoral spending is effective in
itself. For this research, we used a multiple linear
regression method that measures the effects of
the effectiveness of campaign spending in
attracting votes from candidates for mayor of
Ecuador, resulting in incumbency providing a
degree of advantage over challengers. much
more than the efficiency of spending, all in a
highly restrictive scenario in electoral budgets
and political campaign time.
Keywords: Electoral spending, electoral
budgets, incumbent, elections, mayors.
Introduction
There is plenty of evidence about the influence of
money in attracting votes. Despite it being a
preponderant factor, it is not the only reason a
candidate wins. There are many factors that can
be measurable or subjective, such as incumbency
and campaign spending. These variables have
become the parameters within which studies seek
58
Magister en Economía, Docente-Investigador de tiempo completo, Universidad Ecotec, Samborondón, Ecuador.
59
Magister en Matemática Avanzada y Profesional, Docente de posgrado, Universidad Ecotec, Samborondón, Ecuador.
60
Magister en Economía, Docente-Investigador tiempo completo, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, España.
to learn the impact on attracting votes in an
election.
For Rivera (2012), the relationship between
money and politics in electoral contexts is of
greatest interest among political science studies,
with money being an important variable on
Vergara-Romero, A., Rojas-Dávila, M., Olalla-Hernández, A. / Volume 11 - Issue 57: 172-180 / September, 2022

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