Government accountability and fiscal discipline: A panel analysis using Swiss data

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 117-140

  Schaltegger, Christoph A ^a,b,d   Torgler, Benno ^c,d  

^a Federal Finance Administration   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CREMA CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fiscal performance; Government accountability; Indebtedness; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845308588     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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