caa a22 4500 47584100X CHVBK 20180406123901.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1005026806998 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1005026806998 Schuknecht Ludger WTO, Rue de Lausanne 154, CH-1206, Geneva, Switzerland aut Fiscal Policy Cycles and Public Expenditure in Developing Countries [Elektronische Daten] [Ludger Schuknecht] The paper studies empirically the fiscal policy instruments by which governments try to influence election outcomes in 24 developing countries for the 1973-1992 period. The study finds that the main vehicle for expansionary fiscal policies around elections is increasing public expenditure rather than lowering taxes, and public investment cycles seem particularly prominent. Institutional mechanisms which constrain discretionary expenditure policies and which strengthen fiscal control are therefore worthwhile considering to prevent opportunistic policy making around elections. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Public Choice Kluwer Academic Publishers 102/1-2(2000-01-01), 113-128 0048-5829 102:1-2<113 2000 102 11127 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005026806998 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005026806998 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Schuknecht Ludger WTO, Rue de Lausanne 154, CH-1206, Geneva, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Public Choice Kluwer Academic Publishers 102/1-2(2000-01-01), 113-128 0048-5829 102:1-2<113 2000 102 11127 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer