Fatmawati, Sri; Fitrady, Ardyanto; Widodo, Tri - In: Economies : open access journal 13 (2025) 6, pp. 1-29
This paper examines the electoral cycle and the conduct of the central government’s fiscal policy. It uses a panel database with disaggregated spending and revenue series for 34 middle-income countries over 2000-2022. A dynamic panel approach was used to look at overall government spending and...