elections is 28.5% higher thanin the election year and this increase is mainly financed with new debt and sales of publicassets …

The paper offers an analysis of the issues related to the election dates synchronisation between two countries. The … small economy, has incentives, or not, to synchronise the domestic election dates with the election dates (not necessarily … is to re-analyse the situation being studied by considering that the foreign government also determines its election …

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 established OECD democracies nor in the months leading up to the election. The effect is larger in … election month monetary expansion is demand driven and can be best explained by systemic vote buying. Systemic vote buying …

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 …