Analysis of Political Budget Cycles in Emerging South East Asian Economies

DDTC Working Paper 0414

28 February 2014

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This paper will attempt to analyze the effect of parliamentary and executive elections separately in five emerging South East Asian Countries on fiscal policies from 1985 to 2011. Fiscal policies on this paper refer to direct government expenditures and changes in the level and composition of tax revenue. An econometric approach is used to analyze linkage between political events and budget cycles.

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