Fiscal policy and political business cycles in the EU

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-152

  Andrikopoulos, Andreas ^a   Loizides, Ioannis ^a   Prodromidis, Kyprianos ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Elections; Electoral cycles; Fiscal instruments; Partisan cycles; Stabilization policies; Target variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142278798     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2003.02.001     Document Type: Article

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