We examine the dynamic heterogeneous link between public debt and economic growth, using a sample that comprises 115 advanced, emerging and developing economies during 1995-2016 by applying an extension of the GFE method (Bonhomme and Manresa, 2015b). Our goal is to explore how the relationship...

In this paper we analyze the relationship between income and health expenditure in 31 OECD countries. We focus on the difference between short and long term multipliers and we also check the adjustment process of health care expenditure to changes in per capita GDP and its main components. In...

This paper focuses on the impact of both incrementalism and exogenous factors in budgeting. After a survey of related literature, we present a doubledistinction-based proposal combining incrementalism and exogenous factors to analyze national budgeting. Two of the four resulting approaches are...

In this paper the determinants of health care expenditure per capita in Spanish regions are analyzed. The coexistence of several models concerning the degree of spending power decentralization and financing systems makes Spain a singular case and allows us to draw conclusions relevant for other...

Do political institutions shape the structure of public spending? Based on a sample of 141 elections in eighteen Western European countries over the period 1970-1998, this paper shows that governments' margin of maneuverability to design and implement fiscal policies depends on the level of...

This paper investigates the effect of fiscal equalization on the spatial distribution of public activities and, therefore, on regional disparities in per capita GVA. With this aim, we use a simple theoretical model which is tested using data for the Spanish regions over the period 1986-2006. Our...

Applying a multilevel econometric model, we argue that tax morale is a function of individual and contextual-level variables. Evidence presented in this article, based on the 2004-2005 European Social Survey and information on institutional settings, shows that tax morale in European countries...