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Young voters and budget deficits
Nyhus, Ole Henning; Strøm, Bjarne - 2023
This paper exploits a novel trial in Norwegian local elections in 2011 to provide empirical evidence on fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014252321
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Essays on the behavior of firms and politicians
Riem, Marina - 2017
. The results show that realized investment ratios decreased in years when state elections occurred relative to the average … develop better before state elections and worse after state elections. The second part of this dissertation investigates how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011741962
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Do expected downturns kill political budget cycles?
Bohn, Frank; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2020
The political budget cycle (PBC) literature argues that governments expand deficits in election years. However, what happens when an economic downturn is expected? Will the government allow the deficit to expand even further, or will it resort to spending cuts and tax increases? When voters...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012233000
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Essays in political economy
Ruthardt, Fabian - 2023
In dieser Dissertation wird die Wechselwirkung zwischen der Wirtschaft und den Wahlen, Politikern und Politik untersucht. Um die Wähler über die Folgen ihrer Wahlentscheidung zu informieren, ist das Verständnis der Dreiecksbeziehung zwischen der Wirtschaft, den politischen Akteuren und den...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014327360
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Economic policies and elections : a principal-agent point of view
Caleiro, António - 2004
elections are indeed the appropriate mechanism to punish or to reward the past behaviour of the incumbent. In fact, elections …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011502336
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Young Voters and Budget Deficits
Nyhus, Ole Henning; Strøm, Bjarne - 2023
This paper exploits a novel trial in Norwegian local elections in 2011 to provide empirical evidence on fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014357513
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Electoral cycles in perceived corruption : international empirical evidence
Potrafke, Niklas - 2018
than in other years, indicating that perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is … especially pronounced before early elections (1.0 points) compared to regular elections (0.4 points). Future research needs to … investigate why perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011962213
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Electoral cycles in perceived corruption : international empirical evidence
Potrafke, Niklas - 2018
I examine whether elections influence perceived corruption in the public sector. Perceived corruption in the public … perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is especially pronounced before early elections … (1.0 points) compared to regular elections (0.4 points). Future research needs to investigate why perceived corruption in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011941292
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Does Opportunism Pay Off?
Veiga, Linda G.; Veiga, Francisco José - 2007
In Portugal, increases in investment expenditures and changes in the composition of spending favouring highly visible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014223416
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Does Opportunism Pay Off?
Veiga, Linda G.; Veiga, Francisco José - 2006
covers the municipal elections that took place from 1979 to 2001, we clearly show that increases in investment expenditures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014057378