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1 online resource (ix, 388 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
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Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)
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National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Budget deficits and budget institutions / Alberto Alesina and Roberto Perotti -- Model of endogenous fiscal deficits and delayed fiscal reforms / Andrés Velasco -- Consumption smoothing through fiscal policy in OECD and EU countries / Adriana Arreaza, Bent E. Sørensen, and Oved Yosha -- Government fragmentation and fiscal policy outcomes / Yianos Kontopoulos and Roberto Perotti -- Institutional arrangements and fiscal performance / Ernesto Stein, Ernesto Talvi, and Alejandro Grisanti -- Politics, institutions, and public-sector spending in the Argentine provinces / Mark P. Jones, Pablo Sanguinetti, and Mariano Tommasi -- Public debt and budgetary procedures / Lars P. Feld and Gebhard Kirchgässner -- State fiscal institutions and the U.S. municipal bond market / James M. Poterba and Kim Rueben -- Electoral institutions, cabinet negotiations, and budget deficits in the European Union / Mark Hallerberg and Jürgen von Hagen -- Budgetary institutions and the levels of expenditure outcomes in Australia and New Zealand / J. Edgardo Campos and Sanjay Pradhan -- Budgetary procedures; aspects and changes / Jakob de Haan, Wim Moessen, and Bjørn Volkerink -- Subnational budgetary and stabilization policies in Canada and Australia / Thomas J. Courchene -- Coping with fiscal stress / Maurice Wright. |
| Summary |
The unprecedented rise and persistence of large-scale budget deficits in many developed and developing nations during the past three decades has caused great concern. The widespread presence of such deficits has proved difficult to explain. Their emergence in otherwise diverse nations defies particularistic explanations aimed at internal economic developments within a specific country. Fiscal Institutions and Fiscal Performance shifts emphasis away from narrow economic factors to more broadly defined political and institutional factors that affect government policy and national debt. This coll. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Budget deficits -- Congresses.
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Budget deficits. |
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Fiscal policy -- Congresses.
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Fiscal policy. |
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Deficit financing -- Congresses.
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Deficit financing. |
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Electronic books.
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Computer network resources.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Poterba, James M.
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Hagen, Jürgen von.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fiscal institutions and fiscal performance. Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1999 (DLC) 98031598 |
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0226676307 (electronic book) |
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9780226676302 (electronic book) |
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0226676234 (alkaline paper) |
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9780226676234 |
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9780226676302 |
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