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Institutions, Politics and Fiscal Policy

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Editors:
  1. Rolf R. Strauch
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  2. Jürgen Hagen
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Part of the book series: ZEI Studies in European Economics and Law (ZEIS, volume 2)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  3. Parliamentary Institutions, Formal Budget Restraints and Fiscal Discipline

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. The Role of Parliamentary Committees in the Budgetary Process within Europe

      • Mark Hallerberg
      Pages 87-106

    3. Fiscal Constitutions, Fiscal Preferences, Information and Deficits: An Evaluation of 13 West-European Countries 1978 – 95

      • Leif Helland
      Pages 107-138

    4. Information and Public Spending: An Empirical Study of Budget Processes in the US States

      • Rolf Strauch
      Pages 139-165

    5. Fiscal Institutions in U.S. States

      • Brian Knight, Arik Levinson
      Pages 167-187

  4. Three Cases Of Institutional Reform

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. Reforming Budgetary Institutions: Swedish Experiences

      • Per Molander
      Pages 191-214

    3. Institutional Reforms and Belgian Fiscal Policy in the 90S

      • Georges Stienlet
      Pages 215-234

    4. A Case of Institutional Endogeneity? A Study of the Budgetary Reforms of the Government of Alberta, Canada

      • Ronald D. Kneebone, Kenneth J. McKenzie
      Pages 235-261

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 263-266
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Rolf R. Strauch and Jiirgen von Hagen Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI), University of Bonn; ZEI, University of Bonn, Indiana University, and CEPR The large and persistent deficits, rising levels of debt and growing levels of public spending observed in many DECO economies during the past 25 years have stimulated much theoretical and empirical research on the political economy of public finance. Although a number of issues have been studied extensively, certain areas are still at an exploratory stage and need further theorizing and thorough empirical research. During the last two decades, the theoretical debate on budgeting has been dominated by the controversy between partisan and institutionalist approaches. Within the more political-science oriented, institutionalist literature, a controversy exists between the distributive and the informational perspectives, each setting forth a distinctive organizational rationale of parliaments with different fiscal implications. The papers in this volume cover these different perspectives, extend previous models, and test their empirical validity. The papers were originally written for a conference on "Institutions, Politics, and Fiscal Policy" organized by the Center for European Integration Studies at the University of Bonn, Germany, in July 1998. The book is organized in three parts each focusing on a distinctive aspect. The first part is dedicated to the partisan perspective. The second part focuses on budget institutions. The third part consists of three case studies of institutional reform of the budget process. This book is directed to academics and practitioners alike.

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