Fiscal Institutions at the Cantonal Level in Switzerland
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- Gebhard Kirchgässner, 2013. "Fiscal Institutions at the Cantonal Level in Switzerland," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES), vol. 149(II), pages 139-166, June.
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Keywords
Sustainability; Public Debt; Fiscal Policy; Fiscal Referendum; Debt Brakes;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H63 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt
- H74 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Borrowing
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-PBE-2013-03-09 (Public Economics)
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