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Are elections debt brakes? Evidence from French municipalities

Cassette, Aurélie; Farvaque, Etienne - In: Economics Letters 122 (2014) 2, pp. 314-316

We show that voters are fiscal conservatives, although in the long run only: while the average (over the mandate) level of debt has a negative impact on the probability of reelection, pre-election debt accumulation by incumbents increases their probability of reelection. As the negative impact...

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Inequality, infrastructure, and institutions : empirical studies in public economics and political economy

Dorn, Florian - 2021

Florian Dorn erstellte diesen Beitrag während seines Promotionsstudiums an der Universität München (LMU). Die Studie wurde im September 2020 abgeschlossen und von der Fakultät für Volkswirtschaftslehre als Dissertation angenommen. Die Dissertation trägt zur Empirie der Ökonomie des...

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Fuelling political fiscal cycles by opportunistic privatization in transition economies : the case of Albania

Lami, Endrit; Imami, Drini; Kächelein, Holger - In: Economic systems 40 (2016) 2, pp. 220-231

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Political business cycles and construction licensing : evidence from post‐socialist Tirana, Albania (1994–2015)

Imami, Drini; Uberti, Luca J.; Lami, Endrit; Zhllima, Edvin - In: Economics of transition 26 (2018) 3, pp. 523-552

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Election cycles in mining licensing: theory and evidence from Albania

Imami, Drini; Lami, Endrit; Uberti, Luca J. - In: Post-communist economies 30 (2018) 1, pp. 99-116

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The impacts of metering and climate conditions on residential electricity demand : the case of albania

Iimi, Atsushi - 2011

Albania is among the most vulnerable countries to external energy shocks and climatic conditions, because of its high … dependency on hydropower for electricity. Given highly volatile international energy prices and expected global warming, it is … becoming increasingly important to manage the demand for electricity. However, the country has long been faced with a …

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Using real-time data to test for political budget cycles

Jong-A-Pin, Richard; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Haan, Jakob de - 2012

We use real-time annual data on the fiscal balance, government current spending, current revenues and net capital outlays as published at a half yearly frequency in the OECD Economic Outlook for 25 OECD countries. For each fiscal year t we have a number of forecasts, a first release, and...

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Macroeconomic Policy and Elections in OECD Democracies

Alesina, Alberto F; Cohen, Gerald D; Roubini, Nouriel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

The purpose of this paper is to test for evidence of opportunistic `political business cycles' in a large sample of 18 OECD economies. Our results can be summarized as follows. First, we find very little evidence of pre-electoral effects of economic outcomes, in particular, on GDP growth and...

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Do political parties foster business cycles? An examination of developed economies

Chang, Koyin; Kim, Yoonbai; Tomljanovich, Marc; Ying, … - In: Journal of Comparative Economics 41 (2013) 1, pp. 212-226

This paper explores different possible factors that have impacted business cycle synchronization across industrialized countries in the past quarter century. We employ a comprehensive model that includes as the main determinants of output co-movements not only trade and financial integration,...

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The impact of political cycle: Evidence from coalmine accidents in China

Nie, Huihua; Jiang, Minjie; Wang, Xianghong - In: Journal of Comparative Economics 41 (2013) 4, pp. 995-1011

This paper examines the impact of political cycle on coalmine accidents in China. The political cycle is formed by the major local meetings of legislative bodies held every year in all provinces of China. This is because the government has a strong incentive to maintain social stability during...

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