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...

There is a widespread view that reducing national debts and deficits, or “consolidating” them, causes austerity or would hinder the recovery. The reality is that reducing structural debts and deficits and “stimulus debts” is easily done without any significant deflationary effects. In...

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 main purpose of this paper is the comparative analysis of the Mediterranean Countries of European Union on economic and developmental level throughout the duration of their existence within the Union as well as during the recent year duration of the great economic crisis. In the first part...

This note has addressed the empirical issue of crowding out by examining the proportion of GDP devoted to private investment in new physical capital in part as a function of the proportion of GDP devoted to federal government outlays. Three alternative models were estimated, all of which...

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 %...

The budget of the European Union is an important tool of effective and productive implementation of common policies that are pursued within the Union. The European Commission was authorised with the review of the Union budget for the 2008-2009 period. In this study, after explanation of the...

The author explains the relevance of the budget and its relation with the National Plan of Development, as well as its focusing in the Account of the Federal Public Property, which allows to locate better for aims of the communitarian life, the actions of government with base in the investments...

The European Union Budget is a financial intermediary with which Member States would like to reflect their policy priorities and complied based on the socio-economic conditions of the Union. In this study, the said intermediary is assessed in respect to revenue items. The revenue items of the...

The article is about the impact of budget reform RF on the social sphere. The author analyzes the changes in the light of accepted legal documents. Particular attention is paid to changes in the system of social services for the population RF.