The Intertemporal Spending Behavior of Local Governments: A Comparative Analysis of the Scandinavian Countries

Lars-Erik Borge, M. Dahleberg and P. Tovmo

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Abstract: The paper investigates the intertemporal spending behavior of Scandinavian local governments with particular attention to liquidity constraints imposed by balanced-budget-rules and other regulations. The main finding is that Danish local governments are more able to smooth current expenditures than their Norwegian and Swedish counterparts. Whereas the permanent-income hypothesis cannot be rejected for Denmark, it is in most cases rejected for Norway and Sweden. The Swedish system of market-based control and the Norwegian system of administrative control seem to produce similar results in terms of consumption smoothing.

Keywords: LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SPENDING POLICY; BUDGET (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R50 R51 H70 H72 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001

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