Fiscal institutions and fiscal performance
By: edited by James M. Poterba and Jürgen von Hagen.
Contributors: Poterba, James M.; Hagen, Jürgen von.
Series: A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report; Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
Subjects: Budget deficits -- Congresses; Fiscal policy -- Congresses; Deficit financing -- Congresses
Description: Fiscal Institutions and Fiscal Performance probes the role that budgetary institutions play in explaining the size of a country's financial deficit and, within that framework, explores the range of likely corrective actions that might limit the size of such deficits.

This far-reaching collection considers the design and operation of fiscal institutions; it scrutinizes the effect of budgetary rules and procedures on fiscal-policy outcomes around the world; and it examines those combinations of institutional structure and fiscal policy that might best restrict the advance of budget deficits, limit the growth of national debt, and ensure fiscal responsibility.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.