2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9779.2005.00202.x
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Signaling in Political Budget Cycles: How Far Are You Willing to Go?

Abstract: This paper analyzes how heterogeneity in two dimensions, competency and character, a¤ects political budget cycles. Competency is the e¢ciency in running the government. Character is the degree of opportunism. In this expanded space, previous results in the literature on the separating nature of the signaling equilibrium hold if heterogeneity in opportunism is low. With high heterogeneity in opportunism, no separating equilibrium exists. Rather, the equilibrium is partially pooling: only extreme types can be di… Show more

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“…The signal depends on the incumbent's type, something that is not required to explain the policy bias in electoral periods. Moreover, it has the unappealing implication that competent incumbents distort the most, while the utterly incompetent incumbents do not (Streb 2003 shows how heterogeneity in opportunism can overcome this feature).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The signal depends on the incumbent's type, something that is not required to explain the policy bias in electoral periods. Moreover, it has the unappealing implication that competent incumbents distort the most, while the utterly incompetent incumbents do not (Streb 2003 shows how heterogeneity in opportunism can overcome this feature).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The standard results on rational PBCs not only require asymmetric information, but also a fiscal authority with discretion over fiscal policy. Once one drops the implicit assumption of a single fiscal authority, the possibility of PBCs will depend on the leeway that the legislature allows the executive in pursuing electoral destabilization (Streb 2005).…”
Section: Conceptual Frameworkmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Schultz (1995), por outro lado, sugere que quando as datas das eleições são rígidas, como nos regimes presidencialistas, o grau de desvio da política ótima de informação completa por parte do titular depende de sua "segurança política", de modo que se o titular estima elevada sua chance de reeleição, então haverá menos desvio. 3 Streb (2005) argumenta que se os eleitores tiverem informação imperfeita sobre quanto vale para o titular permanecer no poder (ego-rent), então não é mais o titular de maior competência e sim aquele de maior ego-rent, quem causa o ciclo orçamentário. Finalmente, é importante mencionar que Drazen (2001) introduz a política monetária em sua extensão, chamada de AFPM (Active Fiscal Policy Passive Monetary Policy), concluindo que mesmo um Banco Central independente pode ter incentivo a afrouxar a política monetária em ano eleitoral para reduzir os efeitos perversos sobre a taxa de juros de uma política fiscal inflada pelos incentivos eleitorais.…”
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