political economics. The more fragmented a government, the higher its spending, deficits and debt. In this paper we investigate … constitutional rules for executive and legislation as well as budget rules shape the size of government and how the different rules … interact with fragmentation in determining government size. The empirical study of the role of fragmented governments for …

The future of government / John M. Quigley -- Intergovernmental relations, service provision and the delivery of health … care in California / John M. Quigley -- The decentralization of the Belgian government / Lynn C. Todman -- The economic … local government / Lynn C. Todman -- Regions and the collectivity : Swedish local government and lthe case of Stockholm …

Do budget institutions play a role in explaining why government effectiveness is higher in some advanced countries than … budget centralization has a negative and significant effect on government effectiveness in OECD countries after accounting … for a list of control variables such as GDP per capita and government expenditure in addition to country and year fixed …

and "radical" innovations by entrants. The government levies taxes on labor income and corporate profits and supplies …