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Political budget cycles revisited : testing the signalling process
García, Israel; Hayo, Bernd - In: European journal of political economy 69 (2021), pp. 1-18
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Political Budget Cycles Revisited : Testing the Signalling Process
García, Israel - 2020
' perceptions of their competence and/or preferences by using the composition of the fiscal budget as a signalling tool. However … relevance of the signalling channel at the municipal level, we conducted a survey among 2,000 representative German citizens in … that they are being electorally targeted. Our analysis suggests that the municipal voting decision, at least in Germany, is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012837987
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Electoral rules for mayors and incentives to pork-barrel : quasi-experimental evidence from German municipalities ; conference paper
Hessami, Zohal - 2014
This paper exploits a natural experiment in Hesse where a reform of the electoral rule from mayor appointment by the local council towards direct mayor elections was introduced during a phase-in period from 1993 to 1998. The end of the term of the last appointed mayor varies across...
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Economic, political and institutional determinants of budget deficits in the European Union
Bayar, Ali H.; Smeets, Bram - 2009
Using an extended data set of EU countries ranging from 1971-2006 and relevant econometric methods, we investigate the economic, political, and institutional determinants of government deficits in the EU. The results show a strong opportunistic behaviour of policymakers which leads to political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003831961
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Manipulating fiscal forecasts : evidence from the German States
Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas; Schinke, Christoph - 2017
We examine whether German state governments manipulated fiscal forecasts before elections. Our data set includes three fiscal measures over the period 1980-2014. The results do not show that electoral motives influenced fiscal forecasts in West German states. By contrast, East German state...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011597259
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Elections and government efficiency
Dorn, Florian - 2021
Politicians are expected to influence policy outcomes in a way to gain electoral advantage. There is, however, a pending question whether efficiency in the provision of public goods and services is affected by strategic behavior. I examine how electoral cycles influence local government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012663286
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What determines fiscal policy? : evidence from German states
Berger, Helge (contributor); Holler, Anika (contributor) - 2007
This paper explores the factors behind the time path of real spending and revenue in the West German states from 1975 to 2004. The empirical approach stresses robustness and takes into account a large set of economic and political variables. Our results suggest that common economic factors and,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726324
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Essays on the behavior of firms and politicians
Riem, Marina - 2017
attitudes and actions of politicians in Germany. The results show that German state politicians' and governments' words differed …, wie ideologische Orientierung Einstellungen und Handlungen von Politikern in Deutschland prägt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen …
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The political economy of fiscal retrenchment in the European Union : an empirical investigation
Pamp, Oliver - In: After eastward enlargement : political economy …, (pp. 91-117). 2006
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Using real-time data to test for political budget cycles
Jong-A-Pin, Richard; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Haan, Jakob de - 2012 - This version: September 2012
We use real-time annual data on the fiscal balance, government current spending, current revenues and net capital outlays as published at a half yearly frequency in the OECD Economic Outlook for 25 OECD countries. For each fiscal year t we have a number of forecasts, a first release, and...
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