Political Leaders’ Socioeconomic Background and Public Budget Deficits: Evidence from OECD Countries

Political Leaders’ Socioeconomic Background and Public Budget Deficits: Evidence from OECD Countries

This paper empirically analyses the relationship between political leaders’ socioeconomic backgrounds and public budget deficits utilising panel data on 21 OECD countries from 1980 to 2008. Building on sociological, as well as economic, research, we argue that the socioeconomic status of political d...

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Published in:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 08-2013)
Main Authors: Hayo, Bernd, Neumeier, Florian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2013
Subjects:
time preference.
Budget deficit
political leaders
Wirtschaft
socioeconomic status
Economics
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