2012
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2169232
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Ideology and Fiscal Policy: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the German States

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“…Some authors favour the argument that left-wing ideologies are usually concerned with the redistribution of wealth and welfare, and are thus associated with greater spending and higher deficits. Golden and Poterba (1980) supported this argument empirically for the US, as well as Roubini and Sachs (1989) for the OECD, and Baskaran (2012) for Germany; all of whom report results showing that left-wingers are bigger spenders when compared to right-wing and mixed-ideology governments. However, other authors claim that ideology has no impact on the development of public finance (e.g.…”
Section: Political Characteristicsmentioning
confidence: 74%
“…Some authors favour the argument that left-wing ideologies are usually concerned with the redistribution of wealth and welfare, and are thus associated with greater spending and higher deficits. Golden and Poterba (1980) supported this argument empirically for the US, as well as Roubini and Sachs (1989) for the OECD, and Baskaran (2012) for Germany; all of whom report results showing that left-wingers are bigger spenders when compared to right-wing and mixed-ideology governments. However, other authors claim that ideology has no impact on the development of public finance (e.g.…”
Section: Political Characteristicsmentioning
confidence: 74%