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Economic and fiscal management under the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) administration

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  • Hideaki Tanaka

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Japan experienced a major change of government in September 2009. It was a remarkable political event, because Japanese politics was dominated by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in almost all the years following the end of World War ll. The new coalition government led by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) tried to overhaul and restructure public administration and policy making in order to strengthen political leadership. In particular, they wanted to reform budgetary institutions as they fully recognised the LDP governments’ wasted public money that brought about huge fiscal deficits. They introduced new medium-term fiscal targets and planning, programme reviews, and tax expenditure report, and legislated laws to increase the rate of consumption tax from 5% to 10%. However their reforms were not successful as expected and ended in larger fiscal deficits. This paper analyses the economic and fiscal management of the DPJ Administration and why they couldn’t succeed in reforming budgetary institutions.

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  • Hideaki Tanaka, 2014. "Economic and fiscal management under the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) administration," OECD Journal on Budgeting, OECD Publishing, vol. 14(1), pages 9-33.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:govkaa:5jxv7kmxbkhf
    DOI: 10.1787/budget-14-5jxv7kmxbkhf
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    Keywords

    Japan; budgeting; fiscal discipline; medium-term fiscal planning; programme review; ageing;
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    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
    • H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General
    • H61 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Budget; Budget Systems
    • H62 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Deficit; Surplus
    • H83 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Public Administration

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