Özet:

There are some necessities on the economy policies because of the reasons of monetary stability, budget deficits and banning the arbitrary behaviors etc. especially in the developing countries. Constitutional Economics Theory which is thought as a later stage of Public Choice Theory deals with this subject and presents a government which is limited by the constitution. In the study, the features of the concept which is argued by Business Cycle Theory, Public Choice Theory and Constitutional Economics Theory are analyzed, and the possibility of a constitutional economics in Turkey is evaluated. Current transfer expenditures in general and local elections of Turkey are examined separately. It is pointed out that transfer expenditures has been increased before the election and decreased after election in terms of local and general election in the last twenty years. This case confirms that policy makers can use public sources for vote maximization. Therefore, nowadays in Turkey which constitutional changes are on agenda, concept of constitutional economics should be evaluated as a solution which eliminates the waste of country sources in the process of making economic policies and implementations due to political interests.

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