Too Small to Fail? : Subnational Spending Pressures in Europe /
The purpose of this paper is to assess whether expenditure decentralization has contributed to weakening fiscal performance in Europe. Using a panel of EU15 countries for the period 1995-2011, we estimate three econometric models and ask the following questions: (1) does the form of spending decentr...
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Format: | Journal |
Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2013.
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Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2013/046 |
Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |