Does e-governance mitigate the political budget cycle?
- This paper studies the impact of governmental transparency on the political business cycle. The literature on electoral cycles finds evidence that cycles depend on the stage of the economy. However, we show a reliance of the cycle on transparency. We use data for G7 countries and compare it with less developed OECD countries. Our theory states that transparency reduces the political cycles due to peer pressure and by voting outs. We confirm the theory with an econometric assessment of 34 countries from 1970 to 2012. We discover smaller cycles in countries with a higher transparency, especially in G7-countries.
Author of HS Reutlingen | Herzog, Bodo; Haslanger, Patrick |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:rt2-opus4-664 |
URL: | http://www.ipedr.com/vol82/001-ICBMG2014-C00009.pdf |
ISSN: | 2010-4626 |
Erschienen in: | International proceedings of economics development and research |
Publisher: | IACSIT Press |
Place of publication: | Singapore |
Document Type: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
Publication year: | 2014 |
Tag: | Google search; e-governance; political cycles; transparency |
Issue: | 82 |
Page Number: | 8 |
First Page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 8 |
DDC classes: | 320 Politik |
Open access?: | Ja |
Licence (German): | Open Access |