Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the relationship between records management (RM) and accountable and efficient governance. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, the required framework and the prerequisites for planning and implementing an effective and efficient RM...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the size of government and public debt on real economic growth, for a panel of 175 countries around the world. Design/methodology/approach – The paper utilizes the fixed‐effects and random‐effects techniques to estimate the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a dynamic macroeconomic framework that identifies the fundamental structure of public debt accumulation process in developing countries and its two way linkages with economic growth and public finances. Within this framework, the objective of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the short‐term macroeconomic effects of the fiscal policy in Colombia for the 1980‐2007 period using a structural vector autoregression (SVAR) model. Design/methodology/approach – The authors' benchmark is a five‐variable SVAR model which...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show that state economic policies, in addition to state economic performance, impact state bond ratings. Design/methodology/approach – Using a sample of 39 states over the period 1998‐2008, regression analysis is employed to determine whether...

Purpose – The relationship between state and peasants are reflected as the distribution of the economic benefits to each party. The purpose of this paper is to explore the essential change of the relationship from the fiscal term since the beginning of the new century....

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to examine China's county‐level fiscal difficulties. A large portion of China's counties (county‐level cities) have to run with the shortage of financial resources and huge government debt. To make a suitable policy to solve this problem is a top...

Abstract The worldwide growth slowdown after 1975 was a major negative fiscal shock; lower growth lowers the present value of tax revenues and primary surpluses and thus makes a given level of debt more burdensome. Most countries failed to adjust to the negative fiscal consequences of the growth...

Purpose – There is a growing consensus that monetary policy occupies a primary position in macroeconomic management. This study aims to analyse how monetary policy performed in a sample of Caribbean countries. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses a univariate analysis on the price...

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine ways in which political opposition to market‐oriented reforms in emerging markets can be challenged. Design/methodology/approach – An in‐depth study of two industrial sectors is undertaken – natural resource industries and infrastructure since both...