The Political Economy of Fiscal Supervision and Budget Deficits: Evidence from Germany
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- Roesel, Felix, 2017. "The political economy of fiscal supervision and budget deficits: Evidence from Germany," CEPIE Working Papers 02/17, Technische Universität Dresden, Center of Public and International Economics (CEPIE).
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- H62 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Deficit; Surplus
- 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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