uncertain prospects of re-election, find it optimal to follow relatively shortsighted fiscal policies, and that this lowers …

uncertain prospects of re-election, find it optimal to follow relatively shortsighted fiscal policies, and that this lowers …

. It examines the behavior of social bots in online political communication, in particular, whether the presence of bots … leads to an amplification of the Tweet volume of humans. Using Twitter data pertaining to the German political sphere over 6 … weeks till election day, I find 6% of the tweets originated from bot accounts. The impact of the bots is investigated …

The political business cycle theories describe that election-motivated politicians manipulate economic policy …-making. Election cycles occur in many fiscal variables, for example tax rates. I examine whether electoral motives influence communal … municipalities from seven states over the period 1992-2006. The results show that municipalities increase communal fees in election …

deal with the endogeneity of voter turnout by using election day rain as an instrumental variable. Our particular …

state tier. This e ffect only materializes in the election year which suggests that mayors under the new electoral rule put … more e ffort into grant applications for highly visible infrastructure projects in order to increase their re-election …