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Voter Turnout in European Parliament Elections : A Spatial Analysis
Fiorino, Nadia - 2016
In European Parliament elections turnout rates, traditionally lower than in national parliamentary elections, decrease from one elections to the next, and show strong variations within and between countries. What explains this decline? Why are there such big differences between and within the EU...
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Divided Government Versus Incumbency Externality Effect - Quasi-Experimental Evidence on Multiple Voting Decisions
Ade, Florian - 2012
interested in: Does the partisan identity of the mayor influence the voter's decision in the subsequent town council election … the mayor on the result of the last council election? We rely on a regression discontinuity design focusing on close … election outcomes based on municipal level data for Germany. We find that the party of the mayor can receive a bonus of 4 …
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Expert Politicians, Electoral Control, and Fiscal Restraints
Dulleck, Uwe - 2012
Fiscal restraints have been argued to force today's governments to internalize the externalities that result from extensive borrowing on future electorates and governments as well as on other countries by causing fiscal instability. In this article we provide an alternative argument for fiscal...
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Do Elections Affect the Composition of Fiscal Policy?
Katsimi, Margarita - 2010
. Our results indicate that the fall in revenue in election periods is attributed to a fall in direct taxation. The …
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3-Step Analysis of Public Finances Sustainability : The Case of the European Union
Afonso, António - 2008
We use a 3-step analysis to assess the sustainability of public finances in the EU27. Firstly, we perform the SURADF specific panel unit root test to investigate the mean-reverting behaviour of general government expenditures and revenues ratios. Secondly, we apply the bootstrap panel...
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What Should Fiscal Councils Do?
Calmfors, Lars - 2011
The paper analyses theoretically what role fiscal councils could play and surveys empirically the activities of existing councils. Case studies of the Swedish Fiscal Policy Council and the UK Office for Budget Responsibility are done. It is concluded that fiscal councils should be advisory,...
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The Swedish Fiscal Policy Council : Watchdog with a Broad Remit
Calmfors, Lars - 2012
The Swedish Fiscal Policy Council (FPC) set up in 2007 is one example of the recent international trend to create independent fiscal watchdogs. The FPC has established itself as an important participant in the Swedish economic policy discussion. The FPC has small resources and a broad remit...
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Fiscal Transfers and Fiscal Sustainability
Potrafke, Niklas - 2014
We examine whether US and German state governments pursue sustainable fiscal policies taking into account fiscal transfers. Using panel data techniques we investigate whether the debt-to-GDP ratio had a positive influence on the primary surplus (Bohn-model). We show that including/excluding...
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Fiscal Autonomy and Fiscal Sustainability : Subnational Taxation and Public Indebtedness in Contemporary Spain
Larin, Benjamin; Suessmuth, Bernd - 2021
This study assesses fiscal sustainability in contemporary Spain at the regional level. Spain consists of 17 autonomous regions, two fiscal regimes differing in taxing autonomy, and two path-dependent types of communities with more and less legislatively recognized autonomy. Three of the 17...
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The Impact of Fiscal Rules on Public Finances : Theory and Empirical Evidence for the Euro Area
Marneffe, Wim - 2011
This paper presents a review of the most significant fiscal rules policymakers can choose from. The insights from this review are then applied to the current budgetary situation of the European Union. In the European Union, the supranational Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) should provide the...
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