Fiscal Policy over the Election Cycle in Low-Income Countries /

Focusing on Low-Income Countries, we investigate the behavior of fiscal variables during and after elections. The results indicate that during election years, government consumption significantly increases and leads to higher fiscal deficits. During the two years following elections, the fiscal adju...

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Главный автор: Ebeke, Christian
Другие авторы: Olcer, Dilan
Формат: Журнал
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Серии:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/153
Online-ссылка:Full text available on IMF