Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) erzielte 2016 dank mehrerer Sondereffekte nach mehr als 40 Jahren wieder einen Haushaltsüberschuss. Schon im laufenden Jahr plant die Landesregierung allerdings wieder mit einem Defizit. Dabei wachsen die Landeseinnahmen stärker als die Wirtschaft. Im Wahlkampf machen...

In H1 2020, tax and non-tax revenues of the consolidated budgets of subjects of the Russian Federation contracted by 8.9% in relation to the corresponding period of 2019, which is close to the corresponding index for the first 5 months of the current year and marks stabilization of the situation...

Im Auftrag des Bayerischen Wirtschaftsministeriums untersucht die Studie die Auswirkungen einer verbindlichen Schuldenregel ab dem Jahr 2020 auf den aktuellen Haushalt des Freistaates Bayern. Durch den Einnahmeausfall infolge der Wirtschaftskrise und die gleichzeitig gestiegenen Landesausgaben...

This paper develops an index measuring the adequacy of the institutions, rules and procedures governing the budget process in 46 African countries, presenting the most comprehensive analysis of African budget institutions hitherto conducted. The index includes the three stages of the budget...

Fiscal rules specify quantitative targets for key budgetary aggregates. In this paper, we review the experience with such rules in Japan and in the EU. Comparing the performance of fiscal policy in the 1980s and 1990s until 2003, we find that the fiscal rule of the 1980s exerted some but not...

We discuss two essential problems of the political economy of public finances: The principal agent problem between voters and elected politicians and the common pool problem arising from the fact that money drawn from a general tax fund is used to pay for policies targeting more or less narrow...

В работе анализируется адаптация бюджетной политики в Российской Федерации к условиям кризиса в 2008-2009 гг. Анализ основных параметров и направлений...

This paper examines the rationale for the imposition of fiscal rules as a way to reduce budgetary imbalances. It presents theoretical arguments for the existence of a quot;fiscal deficit biasquot; and the empirical evidence on the economic, political and institutional factors leading to this...