Voting with your wallet? Municipal budget policy and election results

Stijn Baert, Herman Matthijs and Ilse Verdievel

No 2018-47, Economics Discussion Papers from Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel)

Abstract: In this paper, the authors examine the impact of municipal budget policy on the percentage of votes for the incumbent majority parties in subsequent elections. They contribute to the academic literature by examining the combined influence of taxes, expenditures and debt. Based on data for Flanders (Belgium) between 1994 and 2012, they find no significant association between these budget variables and the actual election results.

Keywords: budget policy; municipal elections; yardstick voting; political economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 E62 H71 H72 P48 R50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cdm, nep-mac and nep-pol
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