Political Business Cycles and Expenditure Policies in Developing Countries /
The paper studies empirically fiscal policies around elections in 35 developing countries. It finds that governments try to improve their reelection prospects with the help of expansionary expenditure policies. Rising fiscal deficits before elections are followed by fiscal consolidation afterwards....
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| Médium: | Časopis |
| Jazyk: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
1994.
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| Edice: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 1994/121 |
| On-line přístup: | Full text available on IMF |