(1975 - 2009). We find an increase in the growth rate of M1 during election months of about one tenth of a standard … is related to systemic vote buying which requires significant amounts of cash at election times. The finely timed …

uncertain prospects of re-election, find it optimal to follow relatively shortsighted fiscal policies, and that this lowers …

2008 US presidential election, the first political campaign where the internet played a key role. Drawing on data from the …

autonomously by German municipalities. As election dates vary across local councils, the data allows us to disentangle effects … behavior as the growth rate of the local business tax is significantly reduced in the election year and the year prior to the … election, while it jumps up in the year after the election. This pattern turns out to be robust against a number of sensitivity …

cycle manifests itself in election year tax cuts and savings on administration costs. Universal suffrage, where all adult … budget cycle manifests itself in election year hikes in capital spending and a reduction in current spending. …

their re-election. This paper investigates the impact of electoral manipulation of the level and composition of fiscal … policy on incumbent’s re-election prospects. This impact is estimated for a panel of 21 OECD countries over the period 1972 … towards public investment can improve re-election prospects. On the contrary, election year manipulation via public investment …

. The results show that the reversed CPI was about 0.4 points higher in election years than in other years, indicating that …