Politics, Institutions, and Fiscal Policy
Subtitle: Deficits and Surpluses in Federated States (Studies in Public Policy)
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: October 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780739107515
Subjects: Public finance; Political Science; Economics - Macroeconomics; Politics / Current Events; Public Policy - General; Politics/International Relations; Public Policy - Economic Policy; General; Political Science / General; Case studies; Budget deficits; Budget surpluses; Fiscal policy
Description: "This book looks at states within five industrialized federations - Canadian provinces, Swiss cantons, Belgian regions, German lander, and American states - as case studies of variation in budget balances since 1980. The work's conclusion compares deficit levels between the federations and sheds new light on the roles of such factors as spending, taxation levels, and electoral and partisan cycles within the budget balancing process. Neatly written and theoretically grounded, this volume contributes greatly to our understanding of public finance and public administration."--BOOK JACKET.