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Type:
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Working Paper |
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Author:
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Baskaran, Thushyanthan |
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Date:
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2013 |
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Agency:
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Center for European Governance and Economic Development Research, Goettingen, Germany |
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Series:
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CEGE Discussion Papers, no. 165 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/9069
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Sector:
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Theory |
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Region:
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Europe |
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Subject(s):
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coalitions
common pool resources
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Abstract:
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"The theoretical literature on common pool problems in fiscal policy suggests that government fragmentation increases public expenditures. In parliamentary regimes, the fragmentation hypothesis refers to (i) coalition governments and (ii) cabinet size. This paper explores the effect of coalition governments and cabinet size on public expenditures with panel data covering all 16 German States over the period 1975-2010. Identification is facilitated by the large within-variation in the incidence of coalition governments and the size of the cabinet in the German States. In addition, I exploit a feature of state electoral laws to construct a credible instrument for the likelihood of coalition governments."
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