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| dc.title | Institutional Arrangements and Fiscal Performance: The Latin American Experience |
| dc.contributor.author | Stein, Ernesto H. |
| dc.contributor.author | Talvi, Ernesto |
| dc.contributor.author | Grisanti, Alejandro |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Department of Research and Chief Economist |
| dc.coverage | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| dc.date.available | 2011-02-04T00:00:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 1998-02-01T00:00:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper considers whether institutional factors, in this instance electoral systems and procedures, affect Latin American countries' fiscal performance as measured by the size of the public sector, fiscal deficits, the size of the public debt, and the degree of procyclality of fiscal policy. The authors find that electoral systems characterized by large district magnitude and high political fragmentation have larger governments, larger deficits, and more procyclical fiscal policies. Transparent and hierarchical budget procedures, on the other hand, lead to lower deficits and levels of debt. |
| dc.format.extent | 24 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011549 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Institutional-Arrangements-and-Fiscal-Performance-The-Latin-American-Experience.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.medium | Adobe PDF |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Fiscal Policy |
| dc.subject | Fiscal Management |
| dc.subject.keywords | government budget;electoral system;fiscal deficit;WP-367;public debt |
| dc.type | Working Papers |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | Working Papers |