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050		4	_aJN94.A979.F88 1986
100	1		_aLessmann, Sabine.
245	1	0	_aBudgetary Politics and Elections : _bAn Investigation of Public Expenditures in West Germany.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aBerlin/Boston : _bWalter de Gruyter GmbH, _c1987.
264		4	_c©1987.
300			_a1 online resource (224 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aEuropean University Institute - Series C Series ; _vv.5/4
505	0		_aIntro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- I. Introduction -- II. Elections and parliamentary democracies -- A. The position of elections in democratic theories -- B. The position of elections in the perception of politicians -- III. Determinants of policy outputs I -- A. Policy output studies -- B. A budgetary perspective: the theory of incrementalism -- C. Restrictions to active policy-making: limited flexibility -- IV. Determinants of policy outputs II -- A. General elements of the rational choice approach -- B. Econometric and politico-economic models -- 1. Politico-economic interdependence -- 2. The relationship between political and economic variables -- 3. 'Electoral cycles' and macro-economic policy -- 4. The difficulty of corroborating the existence of 'electoral cycles' -- 4.1 Various countries -- 4.2 The German case -- 5. 'Popularity cycles' and macro-economic policy -- 6. Critique of 'electoral and popularity cycle' models -- V. Analytical design -- A. The rational choice approach to the study of resource allocation -- 1. Herder-Dorneich's view of the relationship between expenditures, taxes, and elections in a democracy -- 2. The Downsian model of resource allocation reconsidered -- B. The German budgetary process and incrementalist theory -- C. Data and method -- 1. Selection criteria for the different areas -- 2. The different expenditure levels -- 3. Operationalization and statistical methods -- VI. Budgetary politics and elections: empirical results -- A. Subsidies and elections -- 1. Agricultural subsidies -- 2. Industrial subsidies -- 3. Social transfers -- 4. Social policy laws and elections -- 5. Subsidies as electoral politics - the statistical analysis -- B. Social policy and elections -- 1. Expenditure development over time -- 2. Social policy as electoral politics - the statistical analysis.
505	8		_aC. Research and technology policy and elections -- 1. Expenditure development over time -- 2. Research and technology policy as electoral politics - the statistical analysis -- VII. Summary of results and concluding remarks -- VIII. Appendix -- IX. Bibliography.
520			_aNo detailed description available for "Budgetary Politics and Elections".
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590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aLessmann, Sabine _tBudgetary Politics and Elections _dBerlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH,c1987 _z9783110109436
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aEuropean University Institute - Series C Series
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