Fiscal rules vs. political culture as determinants of soft budget spending behaviors
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description: The main purpose of this paper is to investigate whether, and to which extent, the rules introduced by central governments effectively restrain the spending behaviour of the decentralized authorities. In this paper, the authors provide an innovative comparative analysis by considering two countries that share the same degree of economic development and many cultural traits - France and Italy. Yet, these two countries differ in one crucial respect. France has a tradition of strong centralization,
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keyword: bailing-out
keyword: comparative-analysis
keyword: expectations
keyword: infoeu-reposemanticsother
keyword: institutions
keyword: intergovernmental-relations
keyword: jel-d---microeconomics
keyword: jel-d---microeconomicsdd7---analysis-of-collective-decision-making
keyword: jel-d---microeconomicsdd7---analysis-of-collective-decision-makingdd7d78---positive-analysis-o
keyword: local-public-spending
keyword: other-publications
keyword: shsecohumanities-and-social-scienceseconomics-and-finance
keyword: transfers
issued: 2026-05-15T19:53:51.935779
modified: 2026-05-15T19:53:51.935784
language: en
contact point: Organization
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Fiscal rules vs. political culture as determinants of soft budget spending behaviors
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issued: 2026-05-15T19:53:51.940559
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