Oikonomidēs, Geōrgios; Malley, James R.; … - 2003
In this paper we study the link between elections, fiscal policy and economic growth/fluctuations. The set-up is a … dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model of growth and endogenously chosen fiscal policy, in which two political parties … economic growth. The model is estimated using quarterly data for Germany, the UK and the US from 1960 to 1999. Our econometric …