The Impact of Electoral Cycle Upon Local Public Expenditures in Case of Romanian Municipalities
The Impact of Electoral Cycle Upon Local Public Expenditures in Case of Romanian Municipalities

Summary/Abstract: This paper addresses the link between level and structure of Romanian local government expenditures and electoral cycle, as well as spending interactions among Romanian municipalities. We have obtained the research results using general linear models with cross fixed- effects and time fixed- effects. We have also included mayors’ political affiliation and some socio-economic factors in the proposed models. We have noticed increased public spending during election years, preceded and respectively followed by decreased spending in pre- and post- election years. Others findings revealed that mayors’ political affiliation, other local administrative units’ public spending policies and some socio- economic factors have had a significant influence upon Romanian municipalities’ public expenditures.

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