Title:

Election Results and Opportunistic Policies: A New Test of the Rational Political Business Cycle Model

Authors:

Toke S. Aidt (U Cambridge)
Francisco Veiga (U Minho, NIPE, U Minho)
Linda Veiga (NIPE, U Minho, U Minho)

Journal:

Public Choice

Year:

2011

Volume:

148

Pages:

21-44

JEL codes:

D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
E32 - Business Fluctuations; Cycles