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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Yazar: Schuknecht, Ludger
Materyal Türü: Dergi
Dil:English
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1994.
Seri Bilgileri:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1994/121
Online Erişim:Full text available on IMF