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POLITICAL BUDGET CYCLES WITH INFORMED VOTERS: EVIDENCE FROM ITALY

POLITICAL BUDGET CYCLES WITH INFORMED VOTERS: EVIDENCE FROM ITALY

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POLITICAL BUDGET CYCLES WITH INFORMED VOTERS: EVIDENCE FROM ITALY

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POLITICAL BUDGET CYCLES WITH INFORMED VOTERS: EVIDENCE FROM ITALY

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Oxford: John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Journal title

The Economic journal (London), 2018-12, Vol.128 (616), p.3320-3353

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English

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Oxford: John Wiley & Sons Ltd

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I exploit a reform that required Italian municipalities to disclose their balance sheets before elections to study whether having more informed voters affects the political budget cycle. Municipal investment in the year before elections is 28.5% higher than in electoral years, and the reform reduced this pre-electoral spending increase by one third...

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POLITICAL BUDGET CYCLES WITH INFORMED VOTERS: EVIDENCE FROM ITALY

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TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_uu_424181

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_uu_424181

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0013-0133,1468-0297

E-ISSN

1468-0297

DOI

10.1111/ecoj.12570

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