Rules, discretion and quality of government : evidence from Italian municipalities

In recent years many countries have introduced fiscal rules with the purpose of reducing the incentives for local governments to accumulate public debt and run deficits. Despite wide adoption, there is not enough evidence about the consequences of fiscal rules for the quality of the political proces...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gamalerio, Matteo
Published: University of Warwick 2017
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.731338