Political Business Cycles in Post‐Communist European Countries
This article analyses political business cycles (PBCs) in ten former European communist countries. The dataset used covers the period 1990‐2018. The results show that the PBCs manifest themselves in these countries through both fiscal and monetary policy. Changes in government expenditure during ele...
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Published in | Politics & policy (Statesboro, Ga.) Vol. 49; no. 5; pp. 1248 - 1269 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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01.10.2021
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ISSN | 1555-5623 1747-1346 |
DOI | 10.1111/polp.12427 |
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Summary: | This article analyses political business cycles (PBCs) in ten former European communist countries. The dataset used covers the period 1990‐2018. The results show that the PBCs manifest themselves in these countries through both fiscal and monetary policy. Changes in government expenditure during election times are found to be significant in reducing unemployment. Hence, it signals that there is a politically driven fiscal expansion. The results also show the importance of institutional quality in reducing the effects of the PBCs. The monetary policy models indicate that changes in money stock during and around election times affect the unemployment rate. Undertaking a subsample analysis of the non‐EU and EU members highlights the case that the membership of the EU is an important factor in preventing the development of PBCs.
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Este artículo analiza los ciclos económicos políticos en diez antiguos países comunistas europeos. El conjunto de datos utilizado cubre el período 1990‐2018. Los resultados muestran que el ciclo económico político (CBP) se manifiesta en estos países a través de la política fiscal y monetaria. Se encuentra que los cambios en el gasto público durante la época de elecciones son importantes para reducir el desempleo. Por lo tanto, indica que hay una expansión fiscal impulsada políticamente. Los resultados también muestran la importancia de la calidad institucional para reducir los efectos de los CBP. Los modelos de política monetaria indican que los cambios en la cantidad de dinero durante y alrededor de las épocas de elecciones afectan la tasa de desempleo. La realización de un análisis de submuestra de los países no pertenecientes a la UE y miembros de la UE destaca el caso de que la pertenencia a la UE es un factor importante para prevenir el desarrollo de CBP.
後共產主義歐洲國家的政治經濟周期
本文分析了十個前歐洲共產主義國家的政治經濟周期。使用的數據集涵蓋1990‐2018年。結果表明,政治財政週期(PBC)通過財政和貨幣政策在這些國家中表現出來。人們發現,選舉期間政府支出的變化對減少失業具有重要意義。因此,這表明存在政治驅動的財政擴張。結果還顯示了機構質量在減少人民銀行影響方面的重要性。貨幣政策模型表明,選舉期間及選舉前後貨幣存量的變化會影響失業率。對非歐盟和歐盟成員國進行的子樣本分析突出表明,歐盟成員國是防止PBC發展的重要因素。 |
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Bibliography: | Acknowledgements: The authors thank the anonymous referees at whose comments helped to improve the final quality of the text. Article updated on 29 July 2021 after first online publication: copyright line was corrected. Politics & Policy ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 |
ISSN: | 1555-5623 1747-1346 |
DOI: | 10.1111/polp.12427 |