Grant legislation vs. political factors as determinants of soft budget spending behaviors. Comparison between Italian and French regions

This paper analyses intergovernmental transfers in France and Italy to assess to which extent soft budget spending behaviors result from slack in fiscal constraints or from political factors. It innovates on the previous literature, which concentrated on single countries, by adopting a comparative p...

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Volume:	10
Main Author:	Josselin, Jean-Michel Padovano, Fabio Rocaboy, Yvon
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	European Association for Comparative Economic Studies and Universita Carlo Cattaneo 2013
published in:	The European journal of comparative economics : EJCE Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 217 - 254
ORCID:	0000-0003-4820-4531 0000-0002-8711-6123
Data of publication:	2013
ISSN:	1824-2979 1824-2979
EISSN:	1824-2979
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Economics and Finance Humanities and Social Sciences Unitary states Local public spending Transfer expectations Intergovernmental relations Bailing out Comparative analysis Soft budget spending behavior
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Hyper Article en Ligne (HAL) HAL-SHS: Archive ouverte en Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société Database information Databases - DBIS