Electoral and Partisan Cycles in Fiscal Policy: an Examination of Canadian Provinces

Ronald Kneebone () and Kenneth J. McKenzie ()

Working Papers from Calgary - Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper investigates the presence of electoral and partisan cycles in the fiscal policy of Canadian provinces. We find strong evidence of electoral cycles in the form of large differences in the average change in the discretionary primary deficit between election and non-election years.

Keywords: FISCAL POLICY; ELECTIONS; GOVERNMENT (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D73 H30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998

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Working Paper: Electoral and Partisan Cycles in Fiscal Policy: an Examination of Canadian Provinces (1998)
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