POLITICAL BUDGET CYCLES AND ELECTIONS IN TURKEY
Abstract
This paper analyzes political budget cycles in theory and applies Turkish elections between
1950 and 2011. Political budget cycles theory refers to increases in government spending or the deficit
or decreases in taxes (including changes relative to long-term trends) in an election year which are
perceived as motivated by the incumbent’s desire for re-election for his party. This study examines
and tests existence of political budget cycles in Turkey. For this analysis, defense spending,
educational spending, health spending, agricultural spending and spending on construction and
housing on central government budget has used. In addition, budget of Ministry of Finance and
government debt is analyzed. Findings of this study indicate that there is weak evidence of
manipulation of the government budget but no evidence of manipulation of the budget after 2002.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
Türkçe
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Nisan 2017
Gönderilme Tarihi
6 Şubat 2017
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 1970 Cilt: 4 Sayı: 2