This paper explores the determinants of deviations of ex-post budget outcomes from first-release outcomes published towards the end of the year of budget implementation. The predictive content of the first-release outcomes is important, because these figures are an input for the next budget and...

This paper explores the determinants of deviations of ex-post budget outcomes from first-release outcomes published towards the end of the year of budget implementation. The predictive content of the first-release outcomes is important, because these figures are an input for the next budget and...

This is the transcript of the Distinguished Lecture held by Professor Vito Tanzi at the Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management (WSPiZ) on March 29, 2001 year. Transcript reflects the character of the lecture, its liveliness and colloquial character. It is intended to preserve...

The current Covid-19 Crisis 2020 has hit the Eurozone in a highly fragile situation, with a weak and asymmetric recovery from the Great Financial Crisis, the Great Recession and the following Eurozone Crisis. These crises have also revealed the weaknesses of the macroeconomic policy institutions...

This paper discusses in a systematic and comprehensive way the existing literature on the relationship between the growth of countries’ economies and various public finance instruments, such as tax policy, expenditure policy, and overall budgetary policy, from the perspectives of allocative...

Großbritannien und Schweden haben den Abschwung 2000/2001 weitaus besser bewältigt als Deutschland. Gleichzeitig verkörpern diese beiden Länder grundsätzlich verschiedene Kapitalismusmodelle. Wie unterschied sich der makroökonomische Politik-Mix in den drei Ländern? Sollten...