Corruption is attracting a lot of attention around the world. This paper surveys and discusses
issues related to the causes, consequences, and scope of corruption, and possible …

Transparency in public administration is generally held to be desirable, something to be
fostered and enabled. This long standing idea has gained considerable further momentum …

What are fiscal policy rules? What are the principal benefits and drawbacks associated with
various fiscal rules, particularly compared with alternative approaches to fiscal adjustment …

This book discusses the changing role of government finance in the twentieth century. It
documents the enormous increase in government spending throughout the 1900s across all …

This book argues that increasing engagement between international institutions and sectors
of civil society is producing a new form of global governance. The authors …

Many believe and argue that fiscal, or budgetary, transparency has large, positive effects on
fiscal performance. However, the evidence linking transparency and fiscal policy outcomes …

The global financial crisis and the debt crisis of the EU countries revealed serious
weaknesses in fiscal reporting. As a consequence, uncertainties regarding the real situation …

We investigate the effects of fiscal transparency and political polarization on the prevalence
of electoral cycles in fiscal balance. While some recent political economy literature on …

Do fiscal rules lead to fiscal adjustment, or do they encourage the use of 'creative
accounting'? This question is studied with a model in which fiscal rules are imposed on …

Interest in the political and economic consequences of transparency has grown significantly
over the past decade. The literature, however, has been hampered by methodological …