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040 _aES-MaIEF
_bspa
_cES-MaIEF
041 _aeng
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_aTóth, Csaba
245 0 _aValuable legacy ?
_bthe effect of inherited fiscal rules
_c Csba G. Tóth
260 _c2019
500 _aDisponible también en formato electrónico a través de la Biblioteca del IEF.
500 _aResumen.
504 _aBibliografía.
520 _aThe working mechanism of national fiscal rules depends strongly on whether a government must comply with its own rules or inherited ones. In the former case, a government usually introduces fiscal rules to show its commitment to a disciplined fiscal policy (the signaling function). In the latter context, however, inherited rules constitute external obstacles to budgetary policymaking (the limiting function). This study mainly is concerned with the limiting function and therefore bases its empirical analysis on periods when the ruling government inherited fiscal rules introduced by a previous government. The results of a panel-data econometric study indicate that national fiscal rules do contribute to disciplined fiscal policy after a change in government in times of an economic upturn. That finding, however, does not mean that the signaling function is ineffective: quite the contrary. My results, in line with the literature, indicate that the double functions of rules may complement one another. A government that introduces such rules is often already committed to a disciplined policy and wishes to signal such commitment in the short term. With the appearance of new government, however, the function of rules changes, and they efficiently promote disciplined fiscal policy in the long term.
650 4 _948067
_aPOLITICA FISCAL
650 4 _aDERECHO TRIBUTARIO
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650 4 _910414
_aDISCIPLINA FISCAL
650 4 _944995
_aGOBIERNO
650 4 _925831
_aANALISIS DE PANELES
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_oOP 1443/2019/178/1/2
_tPublic Choice
_w(IEF)124378
_x 0048-5829
_g v. 178, n. 1-2, January 2019, p. 3-30
856 _uhttps://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs11127-018-0605-6.pdf
942 _cART