Institutions, Politics and Fiscal Policy
Rolf R. Strauch and Jiirgen von Hagen Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI), University of Bonn; ZEI, University of Bonn, Indiana University, and CEPR The large and persistent deficits, rising levels of debt and growing levels of public spending observed in many DECO economies during the pas...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
2000, 2000
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2000 |
| Series: | ZEI Studies in European Economics and Law
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Table of Contents:
- I: Partisan Politics and Debt
- 1 On the Redistributive Property of Budget Deficits
- 2 Parliamentary Dynamics and Fiscal Policy
- 3 Electoral and Partisan Manipulation of Public Debt in Developed Democracies, 1956-90
- II: Parliamentary Institutions, Formal Budget Restraints and Fiscal Discipline
- 4 The Role of Parliamentary Committees in the Budgetary Process Within Europe
- 5 Fiscal Constitutions, Fiscal Preferences, Information and Deficits: An Evaluation of 13 West-European Countries 1978-95
- 6 Information and Public Spending: An Empirical Study of Budget Processes in the US States
- 7 Fiscal Institutions in US States
- III: Three Cases of Institutional Reform
- 8 Reforming Budgetary Institutions: Swedish Experiences
- 9 Institutional Reforms and Belgian Fiscal Policy in the 90s
- 10 A Case of Institutional Endogeneity? A Study of the Budgetary Reforms of the Government of Alberta, Canada