Arbeitspapier
Political leaders' socioeconomic background and fiscal performance in Germany
This paper investigates whether the socioeconomic status of the head of government helps explain fiscal performance. Applying sociological research that attributes differences in people's ways of thinking and acting to their relative standing within society, we test whether the social status of German prime ministers can help explain differences in fiscal performance among the German Laender. Our empirical findings show that the tenures of prime ministers from a poorer socioeconomic background are associated with higher levels of public spending and debt financing.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics ; No. 41-2011
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination
Fiscal Policy
Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
State and Local Budget and Expenditures
- Subject
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leadership
socioeconomic status
fiscal policy
public spending
public deficit
Regierungschef
Sozialer Status
Finanzpolitik
Länderfinanzen
Deutschland
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Hayo, Bernd
Neumeier, Florian
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Philipps-University Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
- (where)
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Marburg
- (when)
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2011
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Hayo, Bernd
- Neumeier, Florian
- Philipps-University Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
Time of origin
- 2011
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