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The growth of public health expenditures in OECD countries: do government ideology and electoral motives matter?
Potrafke, Niklas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
opportunistically and increased the growth of public health expenditures in election years. Government ideology did not have an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008560476
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Social Expenditures as a Political Cue Ball?: OECD Countries under Examination
Potrafke, Niklas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
variables are tested: Election- and pre-election years, the ideological party composition of the governments, the number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069042
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Modeling Politics with Economics tools; A Critical Survey of the Literature
Olters, Jan-Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
behaviour on the economy, it has not (yet) managed to fully develop a positively formulated "economic theory of politics" that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605269
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Votingon the "Optimal" Size of Government
Olters, Jan-Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
Viewing fiscal policies as the outcome of democratically resolved conflicts of households over public goods and taxes, the “economic model of politics” proposes a public choice approach, which does not rely on social welfare functions. With it, a country’s overall budget can be derived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264039
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Designed for Patience: The Significance of Internal Factors in the Ukrainian and Belarusian Transitions
Mészáros, Ádám; Szabó, Zsolt - In: Transition Studies Review 14 (2007) 2, pp. 313-330
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005612829
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Storable Votes: Giving Voice to Minority Preferences without Sacrificing Efficiency
Casella, Alessandra; Palfrey, Thomas; Riezman, Raymond - In: CESifo DICE Report 5 (2007) 3, pp. 17-22
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005056461
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Consumer Confidence and Elections
Hardouvelis, Gikas A; Thomakos, Dimitrios D - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
predict the strength of the performance of the incumbent party and its probability of re-election both alone and in the … presence of macro- economic and fiscal variables. The post-election drop is negatively related to the previous run up and is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791524
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Consumer Confidence and Elections
Thomakos, Dimitrios D.; Hardouvelis, Gikas A. - Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) - 2007
predict the strength of the performance of the incumbent party and its probability of re-election both alone and in the … presence of macroeconomic and fiscal variables. The post-election drop is negatively related to the previous run up and is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069749
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Consumer Confidence and Elections
Hardouvelis, Gikas; Thomakos, Dimitrios - Department of Economics, University of Peloponnese - 2007
predict the strength of the performance of the incumbent party and its probability of re-election both alone and in the … presence of macro- economic and political variables. The post-election drop is negatively related to the previous run up and is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005196394
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Determinants of the influence of voters and interest groups on the political decision making process
Bischoff, Ivo - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, … - 2001
try to win the election with as little concessions as possible. The efficient amount of concessions and their distribution … efficient amount of concessions depends on the closeness of the election race. The closer the initial distribution of votes, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008564779