2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2020.101921
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Fiscal rules and budget forecast errors of Italian municipalities

Abstract: We study the impact of the domestic stability pact on the budget forecast errors of Italian municipalities. The identification of the causal effect exploits a quasi-natural experiment generated by the removal in 2001 of the fiscal restraints on budget decisions for municipalities with less than 5,000 inhabitants and by stricter budgetary restrictions and severe penalties for noncompliers in 2002. We find that relaxing fiscal rules had a sizeable impact on budget forecast errors, especially in 2002. Revenue (ex… Show more

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“…(e.g., Krause, 2006) or bias the forecasts to deviate from balanced-budget requirements (e.g., Bohn and Veiga, 2020;Picchio and Santolini, 2020). Notes: The dependent variable is the GDP growth rate forecast error, where the error is defined as the difference between the forecast and the outcome.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…(e.g., Krause, 2006) or bias the forecasts to deviate from balanced-budget requirements (e.g., Bohn and Veiga, 2020;Picchio and Santolini, 2020). Notes: The dependent variable is the GDP growth rate forecast error, where the error is defined as the difference between the forecast and the outcome.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…6 Second, we highlight a theoretical and empirical connection between electoral incentives and bias in forecasts released by the government. Previous work has focused on bias in revenue forecasts as a tool to not comply with balance-budget requirements both in election and off-election years (e.g., Bohn and Veiga, 2020;Picchio and Santolini, 2020). Others have drawn attention to cognitive biases worsening the quality of the forecasts in abnormal macroeconomic periods (Krause, 2006) and depending on party ideology (Frendreis and Tatalovich, 2000).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Schopnost vlády úspěšně predikovat a plánovat stěžejní parametry státního rozpočtu je častým tématem odborných studií na evropském i světovém poli. Výrazná většina z nich dává zapravdu výhradám zmíněným výše a poukazuje na přehnaný optimismus vládních plánovačů, rezultující v nadhodnocené příjmy a podhodnocené výdaje (Auerbach, 1999;McNab, Rider a Wall, 2007;Forni a Momigliano, 2004;Frankel a Schreger, 2013;Picchio a Santolini, 2020), často v důsledku politických vlivů (Frankel a Shreger, 2013;Alesina a Perotti, 1999). Studie indikující vyšší předběžnou opatrnost rozpočtových prognóz plánů, tj.…”
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“…Abychom však byli objektivní, je třeba říci, že deformace vyplývající z politické orientace vlády ve smyslu "levice optimismus, pravice pesimismus", jak je naznačuje Brück a Stephan (2006) respektive Jochimsen a Lehmann (2015), námi zjištěné výsledky nenaznačují. Jejich zřejmě nejúspěšnější prevencí, jak ukazuje vícero studií (Janků, 2016;Bastida a Benito, 2007;Picchio a Santolini, 2020), je transparentnost a robustnost rozpočtového procesu, na kterémžto poli se i přes občasné politické interference udělal v českém prostředí v uplynulé dekádě pomyslný "kus práce". Zvláštní kapitolu pak představuje škálovaná chyba MASE, zajišťující srovnání s tzv.…”
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“…The transformation of municipal finances into the basis for "state-population" political exchange leads therefore to the fact that the development strategy of municipalities moves to the sphere of interests of the central government in terms of decentralization, division of power. Ultimately, according to the study carried out by the authors and publications by other analytical scientists, it contributes to a more effective political exchange, stability of the financial system and the country as a whole [14,15]. The data presented in Fig.…”
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confidence: 98%