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Charting choices 2008-2011: economic effects of eight election platforms

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In the run-up to the Dutch general election on 22 November 2006, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) published an analysis of the economic effects of eight election platforms. The CPB conducted this analysis at the request of the political parties in question. This was the sixth occasion since 1986 that such an evaluation of election platforms has been made, so it is by now somewhat of a tradition.This working document contains an extensive summary of the study's findings.Section 2 provides some background information, considering the contents, merits and limitations of the analysis.Section 3 outlines the scenario for the Dutch economy which serves as the basis for the analysis.Section 4 considers the effects of the election platforms: first the implications for the public finances, macroeconomic developments and purchasing power; then the extent to which the parties' policy packages will succeed in improving the sustainability of the public finances; and finally, proposals in the areas of education, science and innovation.The study aims to chart not only the parties' expenditures on these policy areas, but also the positive effects of the policy proposals.The Dutch version of this publication has been published as CPB Special Publication 65.

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  • Rocus van Opstal, 2006. "Charting choices 2008-2011: economic effects of eight election platforms," CPB Document 139, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis.
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    1. Henk Don, 2004. "How econometric models help policy makers; theory and practice," CPB Discussion Paper 27.rdf, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis.
    2. Frits Bos & Coen Teulings, 2013. "Short- and long-term forecasting by the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB): Science, witchcraft, or practical tool for policy?," OECD Journal on Budgeting, OECD Publishing, vol. 13(1), pages 45-56.
    3. F. J. H. Don & J. P. Verbruggen, 2006. "Models and methods for economic policy: 60 years of evolution at CPB," Statistica Neerlandica, Netherlands Society for Statistics and Operations Research, vol. 60(2), pages 145-170, May.
    4. Coen Teulings & Frits Bos, 2010. "CPB and Dutch fiscal policy in view of the financial crisis and ageing," CPB Document 218.rdf, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis.
    5. Jacobs, Bas & Jongen, Egbert L.W. & Zoutman, Floris T., 2017. "Revealed social preferences of Dutch political parties," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 156(C), pages 81-100.
    6. Coen Teulings & Frits Bos, 2010. "CPB and Dutch fiscal policy in view of the financial crisis and ageing," CPB Document 218, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis.

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    • E6 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook

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