Legislatures and the budget process
Subtitle: the myth of fiscal control
By: Joachim Wehner
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780230219724
Description: "From an institutional perspective, the book carries out comparative analysis of the power of the purse. It explores cross-national differences, their determinants and their impact on fiscal policy. The empirical analysis is based on a dataset of legislative budgeting in all 30 OECD countries, a broader 80-country dataset, and case study evidence"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Perspectives on Legislative Budgeting; title: Analysing Legislative Budget Institutions; title: A Comparative Assessment of The Power of the Purse; title: Explaining Cross-National Variation; title: Legislative Institutions and Fiscal Policy; title: The Reform of Legislative Budgeting in Sweden; title: The Reform of Legislative Budgeting in South Africa; title: Conclusion: Beyond Macro-Constitutional Distinctions .