Electoral and Partisan Cycles in Fiscal Policy: an Examination of Canadian Provinces.

This paper investigates the presence of electoral and partisan cycles in the fiscal policy of Canadian provinces. We find strong evidence of electoral cycles in the form of large differences in the average change in the discretionary primary deficit between election and non-election years.

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Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Kneebone, R.D. ; McKenzie, K.J.
Institutions:	Department of Economics, University of Calgary
Subject:	FISCAL POLICY \| ELECTIONS \| GOVERNMENT

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Series:	Calgary - Department of Economics.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	23 pages
Classification:	D73 - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption ; H30 - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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