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| Title: | | Political Effects on the Allocation of Public Expenditures: Empirical Evidence from OECD Countries  |
| Authors: | | Potrafke, Niklas |
| Issue Date: | | 2006 |
| Series/Report no.: | | DIW-Diskussionspapiere 653 |
| Abstract: | | This paper examines the effects of political determinants on the allocation of public expenditures. Analyzing an OECD panel from 1990 to 2004, a SURE model controls for the contemporaneous correlation between the different expenditure categories (COFOG). I find that left governments set other priorities than right governments: In particular, they increase spending for ?Environment protection?, ?Recreation; Culture and Religion? and ?Education?. The number of coalition partners as well as minority governments affects the allocation of public expenditures, too. In contrast, there are no election and pre-election year effects. |
| Subjects: | | allocation of public expenditures partisan politics |
| JEL: | | D72 H50 E62 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des DIW DIW-Diskussionspapiere
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