This paper examines the impact of budgetary institutions on public finances in the European Union on the basis of a critical survey of the relevant theoretical and empirical literature. In general, the authors find that fiscal institutions (namely fiscal rules) have successfully contributed to...

This article brings empirical evidence on the effect of fiscal consolidation in decentralized countries. The focus on Spain is justified by three reasons. First, it is one of the OECD countries most affected by the Great recession in terms of both GDP and public deficit. Second, Spain is one of...

Die Bundesländer müssen bis 2020 ihre Haushalte ausgleichen und danach die Schuldenbremse einhalten. Aufgrund der erwarteten günstigen Rahmenbedingungen ist diese Vorgabe für die meisten Bundesländer moderat zu bewältigen. Sie können sogar Ausgabenzuwächse einplanen. Allerdings zeigen...

This article aims to assess the impact of federal budget institutions on the primary deficit of the Brazilian Federal Government from 1985 to 2009, a period marked by important changes in these institutions. Based on the methodology established in the literature on political economy that is...

Seit dem Haushaltsjahr 2020 sind die Bundesländer verpflichtet, das Verschuldungsverbot nach Art. 109 (3) GG zu beachten. In diesem Zusammenhang konnten sie sich für ein Konjunkturbereinigungsverfahren entscheiden. Mit Ausnahme von Bayern wenden alle Bundesländer ein solches Verfahren zur...

In this paper, the author considers sovereign debt in the form of one-period government bonds with default risk, which can be purchased by and traded among domestic and foreign investors. She shows that the "good equilibrium" is the only stable equilibrium under some quite general assumptions,...

The purpose of budget rules can be explored from the perspective of the expected results, obtained by their enforcement. On one hand, they are meant to improve or at least maintain certain levels of the budgetary deficit and public debt. On the other hand, they can help or limit the economic...

A recent amendment in Pakistan’s federal constitution allows provinces to borrow domestically and abroad. There is a concern that it may generate unsustainable debt burden, considering the country’s delinquent monetary policy and a historical deficit bias. The objective of this paper is to...