We implement a meta-regression-analysis for the budgetary impact of numerical fiscal rules
based on 30 studies published in the last decade. The existing empirical evidence points to …

This paper empirically examines how fiscal rules and tax autonomy influence deficits of sub-
national sectors across European countries. I use a new panel-data set to measure tax …

Fiscal rules attempt to alter budget outcomes by constraining policy makers. They have been
one of the primary responses to the recent string of fiscal crises around the globe. We ask if …

Federico Revelli 1. introdUCtion the size and growth of the local public sector in democratic,
multi-tiered structures of government are the outcomes of the decentralized political process …

This paper introduces rational expectations voting into an agentbased model of collective
choice. Our model is unique because it generates sophisticated forecasts of endogenous …

Abstract In 1978, California voters passed Proposition 13, which imposed binding ceilings
on the property taxes of California local governments. Since 1978, at least 31 states have …

Under what conditions does, or should, a collective of rational individuals support the
imposition of a binding constraint on their own collective action? Our innovation is to allow …