Chang, Chun-Ping; Kim, Yoonbai; Ying, Yung-hsiang - In: Journal of Economic Policy Reform 12 (2009) 4, pp. 343-354
We examine state income and government spending data to investigate the role of political parties and elections in state business cycles of the United States, and find strong support for the partisan political business cycles, both traditional and rational versions. The growth rate of per capita...