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The Scandinavian Model - Prospects and Challenges
Andersen, Torben M. - 2007
Scandinavian countries are often portrayed in policy debates as model examples having shown how to square concerns for efficiency and equity. The core principle of the Scandinavian welfare model is an individual entitlement to public sector provisions combined with collective financing via...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777727
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Budget Deficits and Budget Institutions
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2006
By discussing the available theoretical and empirical literature, this paper argues that budget procedures and budget … institutions do influence budget outcomes. Budget institutions include both procedural rules and balanced budget laws. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012782047
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The Scandinavian model: prospects and challenges
Andersen, Torben M. - 2007
Scandinavian countries are often portrayed in policy debates as model examples having shown how to square concerns for efficiency and equity. The core principle of the Scandinavian welfare model is an individual entitlement to public sector provisions combined with collective financing via...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264060
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Aggregate Effects of Budget Stimulus : Evidence from the Large Fiscal Expansions Database
Cohen-Setton, Jeremie - 2019
This paper estimates the effects of fiscal stimulus on economic activity using a novel database on large fiscal expansions for 17 OECD countries for the period 1960–2006. The database is constructed by combining the statistical approach to identifying large shifts in fiscal policy with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865948
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The Cyclically Adjusted Budget : History and Exegesis of a Fateful Estimate
Costantini, Orsola - 2017
This paper traces the evolution of the concept of the cyclically adjusted budget from the 1930s to the present. The … idea of balancing the budget over the cycle was first conceived in Sweden in the 1930s by the economists of the Stockholm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970752
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On government centralization and budget referendums : evidence from Switzerland
Schaltegger, Christoph A.; Feld, Lars P. - 2001
that budget referendums reduce the extent to which pro-centralization regions can commit to a low level of spending … federalism in which centralization is less likely to occur where budget referendums are possible. The reason for this result is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408427
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Analysis of VAT in the Proposed Budget
Siddiqui, Mohammad S. - 2011
Bangladesh introduced Value Added Tax (VAT) on July 1, 1991. It has replaced the excise duty on domestic production at the production stage and sales tax on imports at the import stage. The change was intended to be revenue neutral, with some exemptions of agricultural and service sectors and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125973
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Finance of Regional Government : An Evaluation of Economic Development Policy Budget
Silalahi, Engelbertha E. - 2018
research is how is the ability of Regional Expenditure Budget to finance the development of the economy in Jakarta Indonesia …This study aims to obtain input, and is expected to give more value to the activities of budget planning and … development spending in the Province of Jakarta Indonesia. In detail the purpose of this study is to provide recommendations for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012924352
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On Government Centralization and Budget Referendums : Evidence from Switzerland
Schaltegger, Christoph A.; Feld, Lars P. - 2021
that budget referendums reduce the extent to which pro-centralization regions can commit to a low level of spending … federalism in which centralization is less likely to occur where budget referendums are possible. The reason for this result is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320704
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Horizontal Federalism
Erbsen, Allan - 2009
This Article constructs frameworks for analyzing federalism's undertheorized horizontal dimension. Discussions of federalism generally focus on the hierarchical (or vertical) allocation of power between the national and state governments while overlooking the horizontal allocation of power among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014214954