Political Business Cycles in Local Employment

César Coelho, Francisco José Veiga () and Linda Veiga ()

No 13/2005, NIPE Working Papers from NIPE - Universidade do Minho

Abstract: Using employment data for municipalities, we find strong evidence of political business cycles. Employment increases shortly before elections mainly in municipalities where the mayor´s party has a majority of deputies in the municipal assembly and where she is running for reelection. Classification-JEL: D72, H7.

Keywords: Political business cycles; local governments; employment; Portugal. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2005
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