This paper examines whether the political colour of an incumbent government affects the speed at which fiscal imbalances are corrected in the case of the UK. Using quarterly data, we examine whether Conservative or Labour governments are more prone to operate under a soft budget constraint and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the revenue-expenditure nexus in the case of the 15 members of the European Union. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses a VECM framework to determine the causal ordering between these two macroeconomic aggregates. Findings – The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the revenue‐expenditure nexus in the case of the 15 members of the European Union. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses a VECM framework to determine the causal ordering between these two macroeconomic aggregates. Findings –...