We investigate the extent to which the intensity of political competition moderates the governance issues that arise in relation to Canada’s fiscal structure. By fiscal structure we mean three distinct but interrelated fiscal dimensions of the state: financial stability, long run size and...

Staatsverschuldung und Außenhandel wirken über verschiedene Kanäle auf die Entwicklung von Volkswirtschaften. Um die Wirkungsmechanismen zu eruieren, werden mikroökonomisch fundierte dynamische makroökonomische Modelle diskutiert. Zur Anwendung kommen Modelle überlappender Generationen. In...

This paper surveys the empirical research on fiscal institutions of the last three decades. The main results are: (i) Constitutional or statutory fiscal limitations have in most cases proved to be effective in cutting down public expenditure, revenue, and debt. (ii) Budgetary proce-dures matter...

This paper analyzes the incentive effects of pollution taxes versus pollution permits for a revenue maximizing Government that also pursues environmental objectives. In our model, pollution permits are analyzed as durable goods, and the leasing of pollution permits is seen as an equivalent to a...