@techreport{Mechtel2011Electoral,
abstract = {We examine how electoral motives influence active labor market policies that promote job-creation. Such policies reduce unemployment statistics. Using German state data for the period 1985 to 2004, we show that election-motivated politicians pushed job-promotion schemes before elections.},
address = {T\"{u}bingen},
author = {Mario Mechtel and Niklas Potrafke},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {P16; J08; H72; E62; H61; 330; political business cycles; opportunistic politicians; active labor market policies},
language = {eng},
note = {urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-55939},
number = {2},
publisher = {Univ.},
title = {Electoral Cycles in Active Labor Market Policies},
type = {University of T\"{u}bingen working papers in economics and finance},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/45468},
year = {2011}
}
