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On the fiscal sustainability of Swiss Cantons since 1905

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  • Bury, Yannick
  • Feld, Lars P.
  • Köhler, Ekkehard A.

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With an outstandingly long data set of Swiss cantonal public finances we study whether the Swiss subnational level runs sustainable fiscal policies. Going back to the year 1905, we test for stationarity of cantonal public debt, revenue and spending and for cointegration between cantonal revenues and expenditures. Based on time series properties, we estimate individual fiscal reaction functions for each canton and for the panel of cantons as a whole. Using second generation panel-modelling which accounts for heterogeneity in cantonal fiscal policy, structural breaks and cross-sectional dependence among the cantons, our results show that the cantons run sustainable policies. Moreover, our results provide evidence that fiscal institutions can explain part of the heterogeneity in cantonal fiscal reactions to increased debt.

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  • Bury, Yannick & Feld, Lars P. & Köhler, Ekkehard A., 2023. "On the fiscal sustainability of Swiss Cantons since 1905," Freiburg Discussion Papers on Constitutional Economics 23/4, Walter Eucken Institut e.V..
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    Keywords

    Fiscal Sustainability; Fiscal Institutions; Swiss Cantons;
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    JEL classification:

    • H62 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Deficit; Surplus
    • H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
    • H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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