Łukasz Wiktor Olejnik
Biographic Data
| ID | 365661 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Łukasz Wiktor Olejnik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Łukasz Wiktor |
| FAMILY NAME | Olejnik |
| SIGNATURE | OLEJNIK Ł W |
| AFFILIATIONS | SGH Warsaw School of Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4250-961X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Magnificent political budget cycle? How elections of higher education institutions’ authorities in Poland shaped their expenditures in 1999–2024
This paper argues that the theory of political budget cycles can also be applied to the analysis of expenditure changes in state Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The hypothesis is tested that when rectors and other HEI authorities are democratically elected and have the autonomy to make discretionary budgetary decisions, they increase HEI spending before the election to increase their re-election chances. The results presented here are based…
How Political Ideology Shapes Military Spending? Political Determinants of Military Expenditures in EU and Nato Member Countries
This article aims to test hypotheses regarding the nuanced influence of the political process on the level of disaggregated military spending in 29 European Union (EU) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries over the period 1999–2022. The results, based on the newly created dataset of election results in 510 municipalities or constituencies with military bases in the studied countries, indicate that governments with above-average …
How street name changes can affect electoral results: Evidence from Polish decommunisation
The article presents the process of changing street names in Poland after the central government introduced a law in 2016 requiring the elimination of all communist symbols from the public space; it also provides a quantitative analysis of the impact of changing street names on the electoral results of the ruling party. The study results, based on outcomes from over 26,400 polling stations, demonstrate that stations located near streets with deco…
Cycles in a cycle: Investment Expenditures and Their Composition During the Political Budgetary Cycle
Previous studies on the Political Budgetary Cycle have used fiscal variables on high levels of aggregation, including, among others, investment expenditure aggregates or capital expenditure aggregates. This article demonstrates the existence of a Political Budgetary Cycle in investment expenditures among Polish local governments, and analyses the composition of investment expenditures during the cycle. Due to the varying visibility of investment …
Why ruling politicians grow rich faster—Rent-seeking or selection bias
The high rate of increase of ruling politicians' wealth has been empirically proven many times. However, in the literature it is almost always assumed that politicians grew rich faster due to political rent-seeking or corruption. The aim of this article is to discuss the assumption whether corruption and rent-seeking is indeed the only possible cause, and to present empirical findings undermining the assumption. The results of the analysis of lev…
How Political Ideology Shapes Military Spending? Political Determinants of Military Expenditures in EU and Nato Member Countries
This article aims to test hypotheses regarding the nuanced influence of the political process on the level of disaggregated military spending in 29 European Union (EU) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries over the period 1999–2022. The results, based on the newly created dataset of election results in 510 municipalities or constituencies with military bases in the studied countries, indicate that governments with above-average …
Cycles in a cycle: Investment Expenditures and Their Composition During the Political Budgetary Cycle
Previous studies on the Political Budgetary Cycle have used fiscal variables on high levels of aggregation, including, among others, investment expenditure aggregates or capital expenditure aggregates. This article demonstrates the existence of a Political Budgetary Cycle in investment expenditures among Polish local governments, and analyses the composition of investment expenditures during the cycle. Due to the varying visibility of investment …
Why ruling politicians grow rich faster—Rent-seeking or selection bias
The high rate of increase of ruling politicians' wealth has been empirically proven many times. However, in the literature it is almost always assumed that politicians grew rich faster due to political rent-seeking or corruption. The aim of this article is to discuss the assumption whether corruption and rent-seeking is indeed the only possible cause, and to present empirical findings undermining the assumption. The results of the analysis of lev…
Cycles in a cycle: Investment Expenditures and Their Composition During the Political Budgetary Cycle
Previous studies on the Political Budgetary Cycle have used fiscal variables on high levels of aggregation, including, among others, investment expenditure aggregates or capital expenditure aggregates. This article demonstrates the existence of a Political Budgetary Cycle in investment expenditures among Polish local governments, and analyses the composition of investment expenditures during the cycle. Due to the varying visibility of investment …
How street name changes can affect electoral results: Evidence from Polish decommunisation
The article presents the process of changing street names in Poland after the central government introduced a law in 2016 requiring the elimination of all communist symbols from the public space; it also provides a quantitative analysis of the impact of changing street names on the electoral results of the ruling party. The study results, based on outcomes from over 26,400 polling stations, demonstrate that stations located near streets with deco…
Magnificent political budget cycle? How elections of higher education institutions’ authorities in Poland shaped their expenditures in 1999–2024
This paper argues that the theory of political budget cycles can also be applied to the analysis of expenditure changes in state Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The hypothesis is tested that when rectors and other HEI authorities are democratically elected and have the autonomy to make discretionary budgetary decisions, they increase HEI spending before the election to increase their re-election chances. The results presented here are based…
How Political Ideology Shapes Military Spending? Political Determinants of Military Expenditures in EU and Nato Member Countries
This article aims to test hypotheses regarding the nuanced influence of the political process on the level of disaggregated military spending in 29 European Union (EU) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries over the period 1999–2022. The results, based on the newly created dataset of election results in 510 municipalities or constituencies with military bases in the studied countries, indicate that governments with above-average …
Politics (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (2 works) · Ideology (2 works)