delivery and finances. A variety of indices are constructed, and consistency checks devised to measure relative performance. No …

delivery and finances. A variety of indices are constructed, and consistency checks devised to measure relative performance. No …

The European Union's constitutional balanced-budget amendment, the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP), dictates that EU … member states keep their budget deficits within three percent of GDP and that government debt be kept at or below 60 percent … prioritizes budget-balancing over reductions in spending and unemployment. For Americans, this a valuable lesson, as it shows what …

-sustainable strategy. A combination of government-imposed tax increases and sustained cuts in non-interest government spending, most likely …

Congress has expressed interest, one way or the other, in a balanced-budget requirement for the past six decades. Yet … despite numerous attempts, the legislative body has never passed a constitutional balanced-budget amendment. Most of the …. Less time and effort has been spent on economic analysis. This paper discusses how a balanced-budget requirement would …

UPAII interim budget, and the change from the interim budget. Although overall tactics are aligned to the strategy …The article examines the restructuring of expenditure in the first budget of the new government, and its feasibility …. It compares the increase in budget allocations for key macroeconomic aggregates and sectoral plan outlays for the BJP and …

We review the main budgetary measures not accepted by the Portuguese Constitutional Court in the Budget Laws of 2012 …, 2013 and 2014. Considering the feedback effect of the fiscal impulse, the impact on the budget balance is -0.42% and of -0 …

sustainability of the US budget or current-account deficit are reversed. …