Local government expenditures in Belgium: do political distinctions matter

Victor Ginsburgh and Pierre Pestieau

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Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to test whether public spending by local communities in Belgium is influenced by local politics. Unlike previous studies which are briefly surveyed, we test alternative models of the local budgetary decision, and systematically favour the one which includes political variables. In spite of this deliberate bias, political factors influence neither the level nor the structure of local public spending in Belgium. This may imply little differentiation among parties at the local level, rather than institutional constraints. Copyright © 1981, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

Date: 1981
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Published in: European Journal of Political Research (1981) v.9 n° 2,p.167-179

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