Government spending cycles: Ideological or opportunistic?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Government spending cycles

T2 - Ideological or opportunistic?

AU - Van Dalen, Hendrik P.

N1 - Copyright: Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 1996

Y1 - 1996

N2 - This paper examines whether partisan and opportunistic motives affect government expenditure growth in the Netherlands. The time series analysis, covering the period 1953-1993, allows for different types of government spending. In general, spending is inspired by ideological and opportunistic motives: all government expenditure categories show an upward drift during election times and the 'partisan' motives behind government spending are clearly revealed: left-wing cabinets attach greater importance to social security and health care than right-wing cabinets and right-wing cabinets value expenditure on infrastructure and defense more than left-wing parties.

AB - This paper examines whether partisan and opportunistic motives affect government expenditure growth in the Netherlands. The time series analysis, covering the period 1953-1993, allows for different types of government spending. In general, spending is inspired by ideological and opportunistic motives: all government expenditure categories show an upward drift during election times and the 'partisan' motives behind government spending are clearly revealed: left-wing cabinets attach greater importance to social security and health care than right-wing cabinets and right-wing cabinets value expenditure on infrastructure and defense more than left-wing parties.

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U2 - 10.1007/BF00114285

DO - 10.1007/BF00114285

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:21444459699

VL - 89

SP - 183

EP - 200

JO - Public Choice

JF - Public Choice

SN - 0048-5829

IS - 1-2

ER -