Political stability and fiscal policy: time series evidence for the Swiss federal level since 1849

This paper explores the role of political stability on fiscal policy in a time-series analysis over 158 years at the Swiss federal level. We argue that the fiscal commons problem of public finances is affected by the number of years a finance minister remains in office, because the incentives for an...

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Main Authors: Feld, Lars P. (Author) , Schaltegger, Christoph A. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 9 July 2010
In: Public choice
Year: 2010, Volume: 144, Issue: 3, Pages: 505-534
ISSN:1573-7101
DOI:10.1007/s11127-010-9677-7
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-010-9677-7
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Author Notes:Lars P. Feld, Christoph A. Schaltegger

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