Budgeting under prolonged constraints: Canadian provincial governments respond to recession and "slowth"

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 20-34

  Kodolov, Oleg ^a   Hale, Geoffrey ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Budgetary deficit reduction; Canadian fiscal policy; Canadian provincial budgetary policies; Canadian provincial public finance

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL POLICY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; FISCAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

EID: 84962254754     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2015-026     Document Type: Review

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