Politics, Institutions, and Fiscal Policy

Deficits and Surpluses in Federated States
Herausgeber: Imbeau, Louis M.; Pétry, François

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Why, in the last decades of the twentieth century, did industralized nations witness recurring vast public deficits, even in times of peaceful international relations and economic growth? This groundbreaking book looks at states within five industrialized federations-Canadian provinces, Swiss cantons, Belgian regions, German länder, and American states-as case studies of variation in budget balances since 1980. The work's conclusion compares deficit levels between the federations studied. Politics, Institutions, and Fiscal Policy sheds new light on the role of such factors as spending and 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.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Public Policy
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9780739107515
• ISBN-10: 0739107518
• Artikelnr.: 21067807

Autorenporträt

Edited by Louis M. Imbeau and François Pétry - Contributions by Pierre Baudewyns; Dietmar Braun; Christian de Visscher; Patrick Dumont; Emma Galli; James C. Garand; Branwell DuBose Kapeluck; Marc-Jean Martin; Stefania P. S. Rossi; Nils Soguel; Geneviève T

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 The Political-Economy of Public Deficits Chapter 2
Intergovernmental Relationships and Fiscal Policymaking in Federal
Countries Chapter 3 Understanding Surpluses and Deficits in the American
States, 1961-1997 Chapter 4 The Political-Economy of Budget Deficits in the
Canadian Provinces, 1968-2000 Chapter 5 Political and Electoral Cycles,
Government Popularity, and Budget Deficits in Canadian Provinces Chapter 6
Towards a Model for Predicting Deficit and Surplus in the Swiss Cantons
Chapter 7 Public Deficits in Belgian Regions and Communities: A Tentative
Comparison Chapter 8 Public Deficits and Political Budget Cycles: The Case
of Western German Länder Chapter 9 Deficits and Surpluses in Federated
States: A Pooled Analysis