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This paper surveys some recent literature on fiscal policy and comparative politics. Economic policy is viewed as the outcome of a game with multiple-principals and multiple-agents. Opportunistic politicians bargain over policy. Rational voters hold them accountable through retrospective voting....
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We explore the effect of oil import price shocks on political outcomes using a worldwide dataset on elections of chief …
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comparable across countries and over time. The results show that the reversed CPI was about 0.4 points higher in election years … 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 …
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I examine whether elections influence perceived corruption in the public sector. Perceived corruption in the public …. The results show that the reversed CPI was about 0.4 points higher in election years than in other years, indicating that … perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is especially pronounced before early elections …
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