Essays about: "Andreas Gjelstrup Björdal"

Found 1 essay containing the words Andreas Gjelstrup Björdal.

  1. 1. The Impact of Political Competition on Discretionary Spending: - Evidence from Swedish Municipalities

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Erik Scheller; Andreas Gjelstrup Björdal; [2010]
    Keywords : Political economics; Public choice; electoral competition; probabilistic voting model; Swedish municipalities;

    Abstract : In our thesis we investigate the impact of municipal political competition on discretionary spending by municipal governments. Building on previous work in the field of political economics, we offer a first empirical test of the leviathan and partisan hypothesis in the Swedish context. READ MORE