Article detail · 2022
Democracy and fiscal support during the COVID-19 pandemic: an empirical investigation
YÖKSİS
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- Year
- 2022
- ISSN
1350-4851- Type
- article
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Abstract
English (OpenAlex)
Democracies are expected to implement expansionary fiscal policies to accelerate economic recovery in crisis times. However, as experienced in the 2008 global financial crisis, democratic countries sometimes tend to adopt austerity measures during crises. This paper examines the relationship between democracy and fiscal support during the COVID-19 pandemic. The empirical findings confirm the positive impact of democracy on fiscal support. As we unbundle the effects, democracy has a significant effect for the non-health sector, but the effect is insignificant for the health sector.
Topics
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
Primary topic Social Policy and Reform Studies