Der sächsische Haushalt dürfte künftig aufgrund der demographischen Entwicklung unter massiven Druck geraten. Eine Projektion der Einnahmen und Ausgaben für den Freistaat Sachsen zeigt, dass bis zum Jahr 2030 mit einem strukturellen Haushaltsdefizit von 1,0 Mrd. Euro zu rechnen ist....

The COVID-19 crisis is having immediate effects on councils' budgets as a result of increases in spending on local services and reductions in income from sales, fees and charges (SFCs) and commercial activities. However, the crisis will cast a longer shadow on councils' finances. First,...

This article studies the role of participation in the budgeting process when the company has to coordinate two interdependent divisions. The focus lies on the design of the budgeting process (top-down vs. participative budgets) and the underlying supply of information. This is studied in a...

I use new data on central and general governments for 23 OECD countries over the period 1960-2015 (unbalanced panel) to examine fiscal performance under minority governments. The results do not suggest that minority governments had higher fiscal deficits and public expenditure than majority...

We investigate the impact of errors in medium run tax revenue forecasts on the final budget balance. Our analysis is based on fiscal data for the entirety of German states and takes advantage of revenue forecasts and respective errors that can be considered as exogenously given in the budgeting...

I use new data on central and general governments for 23 OECD countries over the period 1960-2015 (unbalanced panel) to examine fiscal performance under minority governments. The results do not suggest that minority governments had higher fiscal deficits and public expenditure than majority...

The last financial crisis revealed anomalies in corporate ability to face adverse economic conditions and fast exchange of new developments. Relying mostly on accounting data for budgetary cost control, the Management found that the data, although fiscally correct and valid for strategic...

The impact of financial austerity in many countries and the need to set the direction for governments have radically changed several aspects of Public sector management (Rubin and Willoughby 2014; Anessi-Pessina et al. 2016). A central component of this effort to transform public management involves...

The purpose of the article is analysis of participatory budgets as a tool for shaping decisions of local communities on the use of public funds. The authors ask the question of whether the current practice of using the participatory budget is actually a growing trend in local government finances...

In May, the EU Commission presented its proposal for the EU budget for 2021 to 2027—a period of change for the EU. Not only will Great Britain’s exit from the Union leave a significant hole in the budget, but at the same time the budget must cover a vast range of additional requirements....

The last 25 years have seen two periods of public expenditure restraint in the UK (the 1990s and the 2010s) and one period of increased spending (between 2000 and 2010). Over that whole time, the Treasury has been responsible for controlling government spending, setting fiscal rules and the...

Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior (TPB) suggests that planned behavior is determined by behavioral intention. Despite extensive literature based on TPB, household mental budgeting behavior explained by TPB is underexplored. The current study empirically tested TPB factors in light of mental...

The politics of public budgets -- Revenue politics -- The politics of process -- The dynamics of changing budget processes -- Expenditures : strategies, structures, and the environment -- The politics of balancing the budget -- Budget execution : the politics of adaptation -- Controlling waste,...

Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) erzielte 2016 dank mehrerer Sondereffekte nach mehr als 40 Jahren wieder einen Haushaltsüberschuss. Schon im laufenden Jahr plant die Landesregierung allerdings wieder mit einem Defizit. Dabei wachsen die Landeseinnahmen stärker als die Wirtschaft. Im Wahlkampf machen...

In Ergänzung zu einer unlängst erschienen ausführlichen Analyse der Methode der Vollständigen Finanzpläne (VOFI-Methode) in der Investitionsbewertung stellt dieser Beitrag beispielhaft dar, wie sich die VOFI-Berechnungen in natürlicher Art und Weise in die betrieblichen Planungsrechnungen...