Slembeck, Tilman; Jans, Armin; Leu, Thomas - In: Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial … 26 (2014) 1, pp. 140-164
Financial sustainability requires governments to run sufficiently large primary surpluses going forward to cover the cost of servicing its debt budgets to balance in the long run. In democracies, politicians who strive for reelection often tend to systematically violate this tenet. This paper...