POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AND FISCAL POLICY. THE CASE OF ROMANIA

Tudor Ciumara
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Tudor Ciumara: “Victor Slăvescu” Centre for Financial and Monetary Research, Romanian Academy

Studii Financiare (Financial Studies), 2016, vol. 20, issue 2, 55-64

Abstract: The main question asked in this paper regards the possible influence of political ideology on the fiscal policy measures proposed and implemented by the Romanian government. We observe the political affiliation of the ministers of finance and the positioning of their parties on the left-right axis. We find there is a certain equilibrium in terms of the duration the Ministry of Finance portfolio was occupied by a representative of the centre-left versus centre-right parties. The analysis of the influence of ideology on policy is complicated by external facts such as political, social and economic context.

Keywords: government; finance; political party (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 E62 G18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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