Fiscal consolidation in federal Belgium
By: TROUPIN, Steve
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Contributor(s): Steen, Trui | STROOBANTS, Jesse.
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ArticlePublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, Sept. 2015Subject(s): Orçamento | Planejamento Orçamentário | Tomada de Decisão | Crise Econômica | BelgicaInternational Review of Administrative Sciences 81, 3, p. 457-478Abstract: This article analyses fiscal consolidation policy in federal Belgium in the period 200914, until the initial 2014 budget. It relies on documentary analysis and interviews to examine the intensity, content and decision-making process of this policy. Explanations for this particular fiscal consolidation policy are looked for in the macro-economic context, the political-administrative system, and external influences. We find generally modest budget cutbacks punctuated by an exceptionally significant budget exercise. This pattern is best explained by the tensions within the Belgian political-administration, generating policy continuity, and by external pressure, that allowed policymakers to overcome these tensions
This article analyses fiscal consolidation policy in federal Belgium in the period 200914, until the initial 2014 budget. It relies on documentary analysis and interviews to examine the intensity, content and decision-making process of this policy. Explanations for this particular fiscal consolidation policy are looked for in the macro-economic context, the political-administrative system, and external influences. We find generally modest budget cutbacks punctuated by an exceptionally significant budget exercise. This pattern is best explained by the tensions within the Belgian political-administration, generating policy continuity, and by external pressure, that allowed policymakers to overcome these tensions
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