Voting with your wallet? Municipal budget policy and election results

In this paper, the authors examine the impact of municipal budget policy on the percentage of votes for the incumbent majority parties in subsequent elections. They contribute to the academic literature by examining the combined influence of taxes, expenditures and debt. Based on data for Flanders (Belgium) between 1994 and 2012, they find no significant association between these budget variables and the actual election results.

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Year of publication:	2018
Authors:	Baert, Stijn ; Matthijs, Herman ; Verdievel, Ilse
Publisher:	Kiel : Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
Subject:	budget policy \| municipal elections \| yardstick voting \| political economics

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Series:	Economics Discussion Papers ; 2018-47
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	102434519X [GVK] hdl:10419/179668 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:ifwedp:201847 [RePEc]
Classification:	D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legistures, and Voting Behavior ; E62 - Fiscal Policy; Public Expenditures, Investment, and Finance; Taxation ; H71 - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue ; H72 - State and Local Budget and Expenditures ; P48 - Legal Institutions; Property Rights ; R50 - Regional Government Analysis. General
Source:	EconStor

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