Abstract:
Fiscal policy, Political economy, Business cycles, Low-income developing countries, Elections, budgets, fiscal rules, IMF programs, fiscal rules, tax revenues, national fiscal rules, fiscal policy, fiscal rule, tax revenue, fiscal balance, fiscal variables, fiscal outcomes, fiscal adjustment, government spending, national fiscal rule, budget balance, fiscal deficits, budget deficits, fiscal policies, fiscal deficit, fiscal outcome, taxation, public expenditures, fiscal variable, fiscal retrenchment, tax effort, expansionary fiscal, budget composition, fiscal expansion, public spending, government expenditures, expansionary fiscal policies, discretionary fiscal policy, public expenditure, fis