Parra, Sebastián Nieto; Santiso, Javier - Centre de développement, Organisation de Coopération … - 2009
In this paper we test the impact of elections on fiscal policy in Latin American economies in comparison to OECD countries over the period 1990-2006. We find that in Latin American countries, the average primary balance declines by an amount close to 0.7 per cent of GDP during an election year,...
