Budgets, expenditure composition and political manipulation

This paper analyses the presence of political cycles in Portuguese governments’ expenditures using monthly data over the period 1991-2013 for the main categories of government expenditures. The results indicate that Portuguese governments act opportunistically regarding the budget surplus and that t...

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Main Authors: Vitor Castro, Rodrigo Martins
Format: Default Article
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Other economics not elsewhere classified
Political budget cycles
Expenditure composition
Portugal
Elections
Fiscal policy
Economics not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/26477
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