Electoral Budget Cycles in Legislatures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6300599 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joachim Wehner (0000-0002-1951-308X, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 545-570 |
| Publication date | 2013-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Legislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lsq.12027 |
| OpenAlex | W1531293883 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 50 |
This article examines electoral cycles in legislative budget decisions. Where local structures play an important role in candidate selection and election, legislators' incentives to amend the executive spending proposal can depend on the proximity of elections, leading to more spendthrift behavior in the run‐up to popular votes. However, stringent budget institutions can counteract this tendency. Using a unique dataset of executive spending proposals and approved budgets inSweden, I find strong empirical support for these predictions. Future studies of electoral cycles should pay greater attention to separating the contributions of the legislative and executive stages of the budgetary process and the conditions that foster electoral cyclicality in legislatures
Budget process · Economics · Incentive · Legislature · Microeconomics · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Selection (genetic algorithm · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |