Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Regierungen die Steuern nach nationalen Krisen erhöht haben. Der Effekt ist besonders groß bei Finanzkrisen und Naturkatastrophen, tritt vor allem im ersten Jahr nach der Krise auf und betrifft die Unternehmen-, Einkommen- und Umsatzsteuer. Die Erhöhung von...

This paper examines the effect of government ideology on monetary policy in a quarterly data set of 15 OECD countries in the period 1980.1-2005.4. Our Taylor-rule specification focuses on the interactions of a new time-variant indicator for central bank independence and government ideology. The...

This paper examines how policy affects social expenditures. Analyzing an OECD panel from 1980 to 2003, five political variables are tested: Election- and pre-election years, the ideological party composition of the governments, the number of coalition partners and the fact, if the ruling...

This paper examines whether government ideology has influenced monetary policy in OECD countries. We use quarterly data in the 1980.1-2005.4 period and exclude EMU countries. Our Taylor-rule specification focuses on the interactions of a new time-variant index of central bank independence with...