When running for office runs in the family: Horizontal dynasties, policy, and development in the Philippines

• Main Authors: DULAY, Dean C., GO, Laurence
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: political dynasties; include veto players; economic development; political parties; regression discontinuity design; the Philippines; Asian Studies; Leadership Studies; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3801; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5059/viewcontent/dulay_go_2021_when_running_for_office_runs_in_the_family_horizontal_dynasties_policy_and_development_in_the_philippines.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Political dynasties exist in practically every type of democracy, but take different forms in different places. Yet the types of dynastic structures have remained unexplored. We argue that horizontal dynasties—multiple members from the same political family holding different political offices concur...