How elections affect fiscal policy and growth: Revisiting the mechanism

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 777-792

  Economides, George ^a   Philippopoulos, Apostolis ^a,b   Price, Simon ^c,d  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Elections; Fiscal policy; General equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142119270     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(03)00035-1     Document Type: Article

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