Comparing the two significant recessions Israel experienced over the last decade, we highlight the importance of sustained fiscal discipline and credible monetary policy during normal times for expanding the set of policy options available at a time of need. In the first recession Israel was...

Der Autor zeigt, wie die Kennziffer Staatsverschuldung zu Bruttosozialprodukt beeinflußt werden kann. Die Veränderungen der Verschuldung hängen von der Entwicklung einzelner Variabler und ihrer Veränderung im Zeitablauf ab: Staatsausgaben, Bruttosozialprodukt, Transfers aus dem Ausland an...

Do budget institutions play a role in explaining why government effectiveness is higher in some advanced countries than in others? Employing an original panel dataset that spans four different years (1991, 2003, 2007 and 2012) we find that budget centralization has a negative and significant...

Using a sample of OECD countries, this paper finds that while fiscal rules succeeded in reducing total government expenditures and budget deficits in the medium term, they significantly affected the composition of government expenditure: the ratio of social transfers to government consumption...