Discretional political budget cycles and separation of powers
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- Jorge M. Streb & Daniel Lema & Gustavo Torrens, 2009. "Checks and Balances on Political Budget Cycles: Cross‐Country Evidence," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 62(3), pages 426-447, August.
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Keywords
political budget cycles; asymmetric information; discretion; separation of powers; checks and balances; veto players; rule of law;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-MIC-2005-02-27 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-POL-2005-02-27 (Positive Political Economics)
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