Fiscal rules and creative accounting: Evidence from Japanese municipalities
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Keywords
Fiscal rule; Creative accounting; Stock-flow adjustments; Soft budget constraint; Difference-in-differences;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
- H73 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Interjurisdictional Differentials and Their Effects
- H74 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Borrowing
- H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
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