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Politicians Avoid Tax Increases Around Elections

Chang, Andrew C.; Cohen, Linda; Glazer, Amihai; Paul, … - 2020

We use new annual data on gasoline taxes and corporate income taxes from U.S. states to analyze whether politicians avoid tax increases in election years. Our data provide three items of information: (1) when state politicians enact tax laws, (2) when state politicians implement tax laws on...

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Electoral Cycles in Tax Reforms

David, Antonio C.; Sever, Can - 2022

We examine electoral cycles in tax reforms using monthly data over the period of 1990-2018 for 22 advanced economies and emerging markets. We show that governments tend to avoid announcing tax reforms during the months running up to elections. In addition, they become more likely to announce...

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A Panel Data Study of the Effects of Economic Freedom, Regulatory Quality, and Taxation on the Growth Rate of Per Capita Real GDP

Cebula, Richard; Foley, Maggie - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

higher the taxation level/burden relative to GDP in an economy, the lower the growth rate of private sector spending and …

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A Cost Benefit Analysis of Voting

Cebula, Richard; McGrath, Richard; Paul, Chris - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

This study empirically estimates the determinants of aggregate voter participation rates between 1960 and 1996 using instrumental variables. Other things equal, an increase in the public’s dissatisfaction with politicians decreases voter participation, an increase in the highest marginal tax...

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An Extension of the Tiebout Hypothesis of Voting with One's Feet: The Medicaid Magnet Hypothesis

Cebula, Richard; Clark, Jeff - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

public education outlays, property taxation and income taxation, it investigates whether migrants are attracted to states …

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A Preliminary Analysis of the Presidential Approval Rating

Cebula, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

This study empirically investigates whether the performance of the S&P 500 stock index, whose performance is treated as a surrogate for the performance of domestic stock/equity markets generally, influences the Presidential approval rating. After allowing for a variety of political factors and...

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A formula for the optimal taxation in Probabilistic Voting Models characterized by Single Mindedness

Canegrati, Emanuele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This work intends to specify a formula for the optimal taxation in Probabilistic Voting Models with Single Mindedness …

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The single-mindedness of labor unions when transfers are not Lump-Sum

canegrati, emanuele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

transfer which takes place via labour income taxation. Empirical evidence from the WERS 2004 survey confirms main results of …

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Proposition 4, Tax Reduction Mirage: An Exploratory Note on Its Potential Spending and Tax Impacts

Cebula, Richard; Chevlin, Linda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1980

What would the true government expenditure and tax burden impacts of California's Proposition 4 likely be if it (or its equivalent) were enacted in all 50 states? What happened to actual state plus local government expenditures per capita over the period 1970-1976 is examined. Next, we examine...

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Imperfect Information and the Meltzer-Richard Hypothesis

Bredemeier, Christian - 2010

Standard models of voting on redistribution generate a clear-cut prediction: redistribution increases in income … accompanied by developments in redistribution into the opposite direction. This paper argues that it is important to distinguish … skewness. In a model with imperfect information, these developments affect redistribution in different ways. While polarization …

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