Einführung -- Gemeinsamer Markt.- Politische Institutionen der EU -- Europäisches System der Zentralbanken (ESZB) -- Europäische Kohäsionspolitik -- Agrarpolitik -- Koordination der Finanzpolitik - Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspaket -- Europäische Beschäftigungspolitik und die Offene Methode...

Einführung -- Theoretische Grundlagen -- Politische Institutionen der Europäischen Union -- Europäisches System der Zentralbanken (ESZB) -- Europäische Kohäsionspolitik -- Agrarpolitik -- Koordination der Finanzpolitik — Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspakt -- Europäische...

We study the short-run effect of elections on monetary aggregates in a sample of 85 low and middle income democracies (1975 - 2009). We find an increase in the growth rate of M1 during election months of about one tenth of a standard deviation. A similar effect can neither be detected in...

We provide new evidence on the short-run effect of elections on monetary aggregates. We study month-to-month fluctuations in the growth rate of M1 in a sample of 85 low and middle income democracies from 1975 to 2009. The evidence shows an increase in the growth rate of M1 during election months...

We study the short-run effect of elections on monetary aggregates in a sample of 85 low and middle income democracies (1975-2009). We find an increase in the growth rate of M1 during election months of about one tenth of a standard deviation. A similar effect can neither be detected in...