In 2001, Chile was one of the first countries in the world to adopt a structural balance fiscal rule. This paper provides the foundations of the choice of the rule, its methodological design and its initial estimates for the period 1987-2000. The paper also includes a discussion about the use of...

The study of the link between debt and growth has been full of debates, both in theory and empirics. However, there is a growing consensus that the relationship is sensitive to the level of debt. Our paper tries to address the question of non linearity in the long term relationship between...

Several reforms marked the fiscal management in Africa in the past decades. The Public Financial Management Systems in many African countries are greatly affected by problems regarding the budget preparation process, its execution and its control. The Medium Term expenditure Framework (MTEF) has...

The convergence criterions nessesary for the entrance of EU-member to European Monetary Union are divided to monetary and fiscal area. To fiscal criterions (after Pact of Stability and Growth) belong the low long-run deficit of public budget in the maximum 3 % of GDP and maximal public debt 60 %...

This paper empirically analyzes the impact of budget deficit on the economic development of Romania. Using the OLS estimates for quarterly series for the period from 2001 to 2011, the results of the estimates prove that there is an indirect relationship between budget deficit and economic growth...

The work constructs projections till 2030 for health care expenditures of Italian Regional Health Care Systems. Three different schemes of financing are hypothesised, with three different levels of solidarity between Regions. Financing is always supposed to cover the entire exigency of...

Nowadays, rational allocation arguments of public resources go as far as to encompass not only economic criteria on how an administrative - territorial unit should use and distribute its revenues, but also the normative and social criteria. In this context, when speaking about the budgetary...

Fiscal rules specify quantitative targets for key budgetary aggregates. In this paper, we review the experience with such rules in Japan and in the EU. Comparing the performance of fiscal policy in the 1980s and 1990s until 2003, we find that the fiscal rule of the 1980s exerted some but not...

The paper analyzes the problems of low growth, unemployment, especially youth unemployment, and high public debt afflicting the Italian economy even before the global financial crisis. These problems certainly have worsened as a result of the crisis itself. The aim of the present work is to...