Fiscal Rules to Tame the Political Budget Cycle : Evidence from Italian Municipalities /

The paper provides evidence that fiscal rules can limit the political budget cycle. It focuses on the application of the Italian fiscal rule at the sub-national level over the period 2004-2006 and shows that: 1) municipalities are subject to political budget cycles in capital spending; 2) the Italia...

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Príomhchruthaitheoir: Forni, Lorenzo
Rannpháirtithe: Bonfatti, Andrea
Formáid: IRIS
Teanga:English
Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Sraith:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/006
Rochtain ar líne:Full text available on IMF