How Do Budget Deficits and Economic Growth Affect Reelection Prospects? Evidence from a Large Cross-Section of Countries
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- Drazen, Allan & Brender, Adi, 2006. "How Do Budget Deficits and Economic Growth Affect Reelection Prospects? Evidence from a Large Cross−Section of Countries," Foerder Institute for Economic Research Working Papers 275705, Tel-Aviv University > Foerder Institute for Economic Research.
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JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
- H62 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Deficit; Surplus
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- NEP-POL-2006-01-01 (Positive Political Economics)
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