Deficit Cycles

Deficit Cycles is an economic theory denoting the systematic expansion of government budget deficits during election periods as a strategic fiscal policy instrument to influence voter behavior, distinguishing it from exogenous deficit fluctuations by its endogenous, politically motivated timing within the electoral cycle.

18

Publications

579

Citations

38

Authors

27

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

2

Variants

Political Budget Cycles

Authors

38

  1. BB
    Bernardino Benito

    Universidad de Murcia, Spain

    1 publications · 46 citations

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  2. BJ
    Bianca J. Baldridge

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    1 publications · 56 citations

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  3. LY
    Lang Yang

    George Washington University, United States

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  4. GJ
    Gisle James Natvik

    BI Norwegian Business School, Norway

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. HD
    Hashem Dezhbakhsh

    Emory University, United States

    1 publications · 47 citations

    1

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Venues

  1. Local Government Studies

    2 publications · 25 citations

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  2. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 2 publications · 126 citations

    2

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  3. European Economic Review

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  4. Regional Statistics

    1 publications · 19 citations

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  5. German Economic Review

    GER · 1 publications · 30 citations

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