[eng] Since 2004, French local governments have been running deficits and have moved deeper into debt, making it harder for general government to comply with the fiscal rules of the Maastricht and Amsterdam Treaties. The growing concern over the local governments’ fiscal sustainability calls...

The paper concentrates on the changes which would be necessary to introduce in a new edition of the textbook « Économie Publique Locale » authored by Pierre-Henry DERYCKE and Guy GILBERT and first published in 1988, in order to take into account the development of economic analysis and the...

Cet article étudie les dépenses des départements français en distinguant le budget social du budget non social. Les demandes de biens publics locaux, sociaux et non sociaux, émanent d’un électeur contribuable décisif. Ces demandes dépendent des prix fiscaux des biens publics et du...