The Effect of Election Cycles on the size of Government in Plitically Developed and Politically Developing Selected Countries

This study, inspired by Peacock and Wiseman’s theory, attributes government size to political factors. The current study aims to analyze the effect of election cycles (election year, government ideology, Coalition and minority government) on government of size in selected developed and developing co...

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Autores principales: Abolfazl Shahabadi, Ali Moradi, Fatemeh Bideh
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6363dda5745c46cfb8a9feae7fc9cdca2021-11-10T18:10:16ZThe Effect of Election Cycles on the size of Government in Plitically Developed and Politically Developing Selected Countries2383-36022676-587X10.22126/ipes.2021.5132.1239https://doaj.org/article/6363dda5745c46cfb8a9feae7fc9cdca2021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ipes.razi.ac.ir/article_1863_ff67767e8fcb800a997abf820e6fbaff.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2383-3602https://doaj.org/toc/2676-587XThis study, inspired by Peacock and Wiseman’s theory, attributes government size to political factors. The current study aims to analyze the effect of election cycles (election year, government ideology, Coalition and minority government) on government of size in selected developed and developing countries over the period (2002-2018). Statistical society includes twelve developing countries as a sample group and twelve developed countries as a control group. The research model has been estimated by using panel data and the generalized method of moments (GMM).The results showed that the election year and Coalition has had a positive and significant in both groups of selected countries on government of size. The minority government has had a negative and significant in both groups of selected countries on government of size. However, the effect of government's ideology index on government of size index in developed countries has had a positive and significant, while it was insignificant in developing countries. Furtheremore,, controlled variables, economic growth, openness of the economy, degree of urbanization and the index of misery on government of size were positive and significant. The effect of natural resource abundance on the size of government has been positive and significant in developing countries, while it was insignificant in developed countries.Abolfazl ShahabadiAli MoradiFatemeh BidehRazi Universityarticle: election yeargovernment ideologycoalitionminority governmentgovernment of size. jel classification: h11d72c23Commercial geography. Economic geographyHF1021-1027Political science (General)JA1-92FAمطالعات اقتصاد سیاسی بین‌الملل, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 347-373 (2021)
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topic : election year
government ideology
coalition
minority government
government of size. jel classification: h11
d72
c23
Commercial geography. Economic geography
HF1021-1027
Political science (General)
JA1-92
spellingShingle : election year
government ideology
coalition
minority government
government of size. jel classification: h11
d72
c23
Commercial geography. Economic geography
HF1021-1027
Political science (General)
JA1-92
Abolfazl Shahabadi
Ali Moradi
Fatemeh Bideh
The Effect of Election Cycles on the size of Government in Plitically Developed and Politically Developing Selected Countries
description This study, inspired by Peacock and Wiseman’s theory, attributes government size to political factors. The current study aims to analyze the effect of election cycles (election year, government ideology, Coalition and minority government) on government of size in selected developed and developing countries over the period (2002-2018). Statistical society includes twelve developing countries as a sample group and twelve developed countries as a control group. The research model has been estimated by using panel data and the generalized method of moments (GMM).The results showed that the election year and Coalition has had a positive and significant in both groups of selected countries on government of size. The minority government has had a negative and significant in both groups of selected countries on government of size. However, the effect of government's ideology index on government of size index in developed countries has had a positive and significant, while it was insignificant in developing countries. Furtheremore,, controlled variables, economic growth, openness of the economy, degree of urbanization and the index of misery on government of size were positive and significant. The effect of natural resource abundance on the size of government has been positive and significant in developing countries, while it was insignificant in developed countries.
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title The Effect of Election Cycles on the size of Government in Plitically Developed and Politically Developing Selected Countries
title_short The Effect of Election Cycles on the size of Government in Plitically Developed and Politically Developing Selected Countries
title_full The Effect of Election Cycles on the size of Government in Plitically Developed and Politically Developing Selected Countries
title_fullStr The Effect of Election Cycles on the size of Government in Plitically Developed and Politically Developing Selected Countries
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Election Cycles on the size of Government in Plitically Developed and Politically Developing Selected Countries
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