The current debt crisis has shed light on the importance of accurate fiscal forecasts. In particular, the accuracy of revenue forecasts is central since they set the limit within which expenditure should remain in order to reach fiscal balance. Therefore, forecasting tax revenue accurately is a...

Predicting available tax revenue accurately is a key step of fiscal policy. It has recently been shown that revenue projection errors have a direct impact on fiscal deficits. In this paper, we explore the relationship between the ideology of the finance minister and tax revenue projection...

Predicting available tax revenue accurately is a key step of fiscal policy. It has recently been shown that revenue prediction errors have a direct impact on fiscal deficits. In the current paper we explore the relationship between the ideology of the finance minister and tax revenue projection...

The current debt crisis has shed light on the importance of accurate fiscal forecasts. In particular, the accuracy of revenue forecasts is central since they set the limit within which expenditure should remain in order to reach fiscal balance. Therefore, forecasting tax revenue accurately is a...

Predicting available tax revenue accurately is a key step of fiscal policy. It has recently been shown that revenue prediction errors have a direct impact on fiscal deficits. In the current paper we explore the relationship between the ideology of the finance minister and tax revenue projection...

Predicting available tax revenue accurately is a key step of fiscal policy. It has recently been shown that revenue projection errors have a direct impact on fiscal deficits. In this paper, we explore the relationship between the ideology of the finance minister and tax revenue projection...

Für den Vergleich der fiskalischen Leistungsfähigkeit zwischen Bundesländern werden häufig die Pro-Kopf-Steuereinnahmen herangezogen. Darüber hinaus sollte aber auch die Verrechnung der Steuerarten zwischen den Ländern betrachtet werden. Speziell die Gewerbesteuerdaten für Deutschland...

2009 wurde in Deutschland eine Schuldenbremse für den Bundeshaushalt ab 2016 und die Länderhaushalte ab 2020 beschlossen. Sie orientiert sich am Schweizer Modell. Allerdings haben die Bundesländer in Deutschland - anders als die Schweizer Kantone - keine Steuerautonomie. Da die Länder aber...

With the introduction of a destination-based VAT in all but eight states starting April 2005, there is need for a good baseline indicator of tax buoyancies in states in the period immediately preceding. This paper attempts to provide such a base, with buoyancies estimated over a twenty-three...

A proper examination of the states' tax efforts is necessary for the creation of appropriate and reasonable criteria for resource transfers from the center to the states, as well as to encourage states to mobilize resources for development plans in their own sources. In India, most of the...