Les comportements d'emprunt des régions françaises. Quel degré d'hétérogénéité ?

Gilles Dufrénot (), Philippe Froute and Christophe Schalck

Revue économique, 2011, vol. 62, issue 5, 919-940

Abstract: This paper provides empirical evidence of the heterogeneous borrowing behaviours of French regions, despite a common accountability constraint that forces them to balance their budget and to borrow only to finance investment expenditure (golden rule). To this end, we conduct a quantile regression analysis. The heterogeneity is very pronounced when the regions face a negative shock on debt, for instance a tightening of financial conditions. Our findings may be due to the fact that the Golden rule can be thought of as a « soft » rule if some local administrations believe that a financial rescue from the central government is automatic. Hence, in the French case the bailing-out hypothesis cannot be rejected. Classification JEL : H74, E62, K34, R5

JEL-codes: E62 H74 K34 R5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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