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The vicissitudes of budgeting

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  • José Serra

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The purpose of this paper is to appraise the application of new regulations ofConstitution about budgeting. This appraisal is carried out in the critical situation of Brazilianpublic finance and takes into consideration the positive effects on the control of publicexpenditure that should be produced with the full implementation of new constitutionaldirectives. The appraisal concludes that some constitutional determinations have not beenregulated yet. This fact has permitted serious offenses against the Constitution and has facilitatedCongress and the Government administration in casuistic actions regarding budgetingaffairs. At the end of the paper some measures are presented which must be implementedin order to obtain better efficiency and efficacy in the allocation of public funds, throughintroducing improvements in the budgeting process. JEL Classification: E62; H11; D72.

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  • José Serra, 1993. "The vicissitudes of budgeting," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 13(4), pages 644-651.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:13:y:1993:i:4:p:644-651:id:1353
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    Keywords

    Budget; public expending;

    JEL classification:

    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior

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