Who Controls the Budget : The Legislature or the Executive? /

Country-specific factors prevent a strong linear relationship between the legislature's budgetary powers and the extent of its separation from the executive. Electoral and voting systems, bicameralism, constitutional and legal constraints, voluntary contracts of political parties, and long-stan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lienert, Ian
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/115
Online Access:Full text available on IMF