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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ebeke, Christian
• Ölçer, Dilan

Titel

Fiscal policy over the election cycle in low-income countries

Ist Teil von

• IMF working paper : 13/153

Ort / Verlag

Washington, DC : International Monetary Fund

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Beschreibungen/Notizen

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• Cover; Abstract; Content; I. Introduction; II. How is fiscal policy conducted over the election cycle? Preliminary evidence; A. Baseline specification and data; B. Baseline estimates; Composition of expenditures; Composition of tax revenues; Overall fiscal balance; III. Dealing with the endogeneity of election timing; IV. Domestic and international scrutiny; A. Do fiscal rules matter?; B. IMF program engagement; V. Concluding remarks; References; Appendix; Table A1: List of countries in the sample and number of national elections by country, 1990-2010
• Table A2: Descriptive statistics. LICs sample, 1990-2010Table A3: Correlates of the participation into Fund programs in LICs; Regression results; Table 1. Estimates of the Political Budget Cycle across selected Fiscal Variables in LICs: 1990-2010; Table 2. Addressing the endogeneity of the election timing in LICs. 1990-2010; Table 3. Do fiscal rules and IMF programs dampen the Political Budget Cycle in LICs?
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