Economic and Institutional Determinants in Fiscal Pressure: An Application to the European Case

Agustin Molina-Morales, Ignacio Amate-Fortes and Almudena Guarnido-Rueda

Journal of Economic Issues, 2011, vol. 45, issue 3, 573-592

Abstract: The objective of this study has been to undertake an analysis of the economic and institutional determining factors of fiscal pressure in a group of European countries with different levels of economic development, recent history, or level of cooperation and integration among them. We have used a panel of data from 40 countries and a time period of eleven years. Apart from the variables generally used, we have introduced additional ones such as governing party ideology, rate of economic freedom of Euro-area countries, together with another set of institutional variables. Results obtained show that the purely economic model improves when institutional and geopolitical variables are included and, in this way, it is possible to see which countries governed by the left, belonging to the Euro-area or having been members of the Soviet block, and with economic freedom, are more liable to increase fiscal pressure.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.2753/JEI0021-3624450303

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