This study examines the influence of fiscal councils on public opinion regarding fiscal issues. Using a survey-framing experiment on a representative sample of 900 inhabitants of the Czech Republic, the study evaluates how the framing of a message regarding the negative effects of rising...

According to the results of Q3 2022, total revenues of consolidated budgets of the subjects of the Russian Federation amounted to Rb14.06 trillion, which is by 17.9% higher than the value of this indicator for the same period in 2021 and exceeds the annual inflation rate. These figures have been...

According to the results of Q3 2022, total revenues of consolidated budgets of the subjects of the Russian Federation amounted to Rb14.06 trillion, which is by 17.9% higher than the value of this indicator for the same period in 2021 and exceeds the annual inflation rate. These figures have been...

The year 2022 was a critical one in terms of the dynamics of tax and non-tax revenues of the consolidated regional budgets: while in the first half of the year it looked quite satisfactory and the growth of budget revenues significantly outpaced the inflation rate, by the end of the year the...

This study presents intertemporal budgeting as of 1999 for all 50 U.S.states. Intertemporal state budgeting compares the present value of a state's projected receipts with the present value of its projected expenditures (exclusive of interest payments)plus the current value of its net debt...

This paper shows that in American states balanced budget rules are effective in enforcing fiscal discipline but they have no costs in terms of increased output variability. More specifically, we show that tighter fiscal rules are associated with larger average surplus and lower cyclical...

A generous PAYG defined benefit pension system can guarantee retirees to have comfortable life, but the state budget may not be sustainable when the population is ageing. On the other hand, a defined contribution pension system guarantees state budget sustainability, but making retirees’...

Der Mainzer Impfstoffhersteller Biontech hatte 2021 eine glänzende Geschäftsentwicklung, die zu einem sprunghaften Anstieg der rheinland-pfälzischen Steuereinnahmen geführt hat. Damit gehört das seit jeher finanzschwache Land Rheinland-Pfalz plötzlich zu den finanzstärksten Bundesländern...

The Polish economy has rebounded strongly, with policy actions limiting the damage from the pandemic-induced recession by supporting employment and avoiding unnecessary bankruptcies. While the pandemic continues to take a toll on lives, the economy has been less impacted by successive waves of...

The 2014 mid-term election that put Republicans in control of Congress reduced any chance of federal legislative action to limit greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide from electric power plants. However, the executive branch already has authority from the U.S. Supreme Court to limit emissions...

This paper explores how state fiscal institutions and political circumstances affect the dynamics of state taxes and spending during periods of fiscal stress. The analysis focuses on the late 1980s, when sharp economic downturns in several regions, coupled with increased expenditure demands, led...

Recent proposals assume that endowing the U.S. President with a line item veto will reduce spending. Analysis of a rich set of state budget data indicates that long run budgets are not altered by an item veto. In the short run, the item veto's potency is contingent upon the political setting....

In Q1 2021, the revenues of the regions’ consolidated budgets went up compared to Q1 2020. The growth was ensured by the federal budget fiscal transfers and an increase in the own tax and non-tax revenues of regional and local budgets. According to the results of H1 2021, we can expect...

This monitoring report examines the spending of public funds allocated for the fight against coronavirus and monitors the level of transparency and accountability of government agencies in the Republic of Azerbaijan since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic by the World Health...

Do state and local governments smooth their consumption spending across years, or is their spending driven mainly by contemporaneous changes in resources? We design a test to determine which view of state and local spending is more consistent with the data. We find that state and local spending...

This paper uses cross-section data on the U.S. states to test the hypothesis that budgeting and borrowing rules affect the level and composition of public spending. It employs a 1963 data set with detailed information on state capital budgeting practices to compare capital spending in states...

The macroeconomic forecast prepared by the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan emphasized the main priorities for the budget policy for the upcoming five years. The forecast was prepared following the order "Azerbaijan 2030: National Priorities for Socio-Economic Development" and...

Die Corona-Pandemie belastet den Haushalt des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen auch im kommenden Jahr. Das Ausrufen einer Notsituation für 2022 und damit das Aussetzen des regulären Verbots einer Nettoneuverschuldung ist nachvollziehbar und kann die wirtschaftliche Erholung stützen.