The literature on the common pool resource problem in budgeting has thus far not explored the likely interaction between 'size fragmentation' (the number of decision makers) and 'procedural fragmentation' (the structure of the process in which they interact). The argument put forward in this...

A number of studies, using different samples and datasets, claim that various legislative institutions affect fiscal policy. This paper uses data from a 2003 survey of budgeting practices to comprehensively evaluate the effect of a range of legislative institutions on public spending in 25 OECD...