Political Budget Cycles in Papua New Guinea /

This paper assesses the presence of opportunistic electoral budget cycles in Papua New Guinea. Using quarterly time series data, a clear pattern emerges of pre-election manipulations of fiscal policy by incumbent governments, mainly in the form of increased development spending and overall primary e...

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Главный автор: Faal, Ebrima
Формат: Журнал
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Серии:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/219
Online-ссылка:Full text available on IMF