scholarly journals Fiscal Consolidation in the Course of Work Over Yearly Budget of State

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Postuła
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Retrospective Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Studies ◽  
Fiscal Consolidation ◽  
State Budget ◽  
The Public ◽  
Finance Law

The need for sustaining of public finance stability is indicated as a key element of proper and effective, sound fiscal policy. Both revenues and expenditures are very strictly regulated by the public finance law provisions. Discussion conducted by experts concerning activities for consolidation in area of public finance very often focused on the substance of provisions of these basic acts of law. Retrospective analysis could lead to the conclusion (prove the thesis) that the importance of special law acts which are strictly functionally linked with state budget for particular budgetary year – to some extent – has not been adequately assessed and even noticed yet in theoretical studies. Due to above mentioned circumstances, in this article the changes in public finance law provisions were presented, which were implemented during procedures of preparation budgetary acts projects in the period 2009-2012, which confirm thesis formulated by the author. Article has an analytical character.

scholarly journals Constitutional Rules on Waqf and Fiscal Policy Outcomes

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 262
Author(s):  
Abdul Ghafar Ismail ◽  
Wahyu Ario Pratomo
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Government Revenue ◽  
State Budget ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Tool ◽  
The Government

Fiscal policy, inter alia, looks at the list of government revenues. The constitutional rules provide guidance on the list of revenues. However, the previous studies find that waqf is not considered as part of government revenues. In this study, we argue that waqf brings in a new list of government revenues. To prove this point, we select a sample of fifty-seven countries under the Organization of Islamic Countries. The constitution of each country is investigated by using content analysis. The study uses a combination of several keywords, namely “tax or taxes or fiscal obligations,” “revenues or budget or finance” and “waqf” in investigating the rules on revenues and waqf. The findings in this study are classified into five kinds of countries, namely countries that highlight government revenue and waqf in the constitution, countries that claim to recognize sharia law as the basis of the law but the waqf rules in the constitution are missing, countries that mention in their constitution that government revenues are placed under the government system, financial system, and parliament, countries that place waqf is ruled under the public finance matter, and countries that place waqf as the main policy. This finding implies that the constitutional rules lead to the view that waqf is a part of public finance that can be used as a fiscal policy tool and should be included in the state budget plan.

Air pollution and public finance: evidence for European countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 1398-1417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Carratù ◽  
Bruno Chiarini ◽  
Antonella D’Agostino ◽  
Elisabetta Marzano ◽  
Andrea Regoli
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Public Debt ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Fiscal Consolidation ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether a statistically significant relationship exists between environmental quality, as measured by consumption-related air pollution, and public debt in Europe. In addition, since the debt burden is one of the most important indicators of fiscal soundness within the European Union (EU) Treaty and the subsequent fiscal compact, the authors propose a simple test to determine whether participation in EU Treaties has shaped the empirical relationship between fiscal policy/public debt and environmental performance. Design/methodology/approach To this end, the authors built a panel data set that covers 24 European countries over the period 1996–2015. Findings The aspect that the authors want to underline is a possible trade off, which is confirmed in the empirical analysis, between the public finance equilibrium and the maintenance of a public good such as air quality. However, there are important non-linearities that shape the interaction between public debt and environmental pollution. Similarly, threshold effects arise when the authors examine the interaction between EU regulation and public debt and when the authors separately examine high debt and low debt countries. When the authors account for the stabilization rules introduced by EU Treaties, a negative effect on pollution is evident; in this way, fiscal consolidation limits the positive effect of fiscal policy. Practical implications The results point out the existence of a potential trade-off between the role of EU as a regulator aiming to mitigate environmental pollution, and its role within the Stability and Growth Pact. The analysis highlights that fiscal consolidation policies, while facilitating the achievement of macroeconomic stability within EU, might have a negative side effect on the environment quality, which spreads beyond the borders of one single country. Originality/value While a number of studies have suggested that fiscal spending might contribute to the level of pollution in European countries, there is scant evidence of the effect of public debt on environmental performance. This lack of scientific knowledge is a serious shortcoming, since it may allow for an underrepresentation of the wide-ranging consequences of stabilization programmes targeting the debt-to-GDP ratio, which could affect environmental quality.

scholarly journals Fiscal policy effectiveness and risks in the development of Azerbaijan’s economy during economic shock

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-183
Author(s):  
Shafa Guliyeva ◽  
Nushaba Gadimli ◽  
Yalchin Azizov ◽  
Zaur Hajiyev ◽  
Sanan Guliyev
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Integrated Assessment ◽  
Public Expenditure ◽  
Short Term ◽  
State Budget ◽  
The Public ◽  
Economic Shock ◽  
Economic Slowdown

The study aimed to empirically evaluate the effectiveness of fiscal policy in the context of the economic slowdown  in Azerbaijan caused by the COVID19 pandemic. Using the Granger test, causal relationships between fiscal indicators and indicators of macroeconomic development in Azerbaijan have been determined. Presented an integrated assessment of the development of the national economy under the influence of the fiscal policy in the country. Using the regression analysis, fiscal risks have been identified that have a destabilizing effect on the economy and aggravating its state during a period of economic shock in the short term. The hypothesis about the different influence of the values of the public expenditure multipliers on the economy, depending on their functional directions, has been confirmed. The structure of expenses of the state budget of Azerbaijan has been empirically optimized, increasing production expenses.

scholarly journals Imbalance of the public finance in the context of Keynesian and Non-Keynesian effects of fiscal policy limitation

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-32
Author(s):  
Joanna Stawska
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Public Debt ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Gdp Growth ◽  
The Public ◽  
Methods Of Analysis ◽  
Restrictive Policy

The purpose of this article is to point out the importance of the size of public debt and deficit in the context of Keynesian and non-Keynesian effects of fiscal policy limitation. To achieve this objective primarily were used methods of analysis of the available literature and presentation of statistical data. Considerations include, among others, the presentation of public debt and deficit in the context of economic growth. Expansionary fiscal policy often caused by economic fluctuations contributes to the deepening of public finance imbalance with frequent decline in GDP growth. The restrictive policy has an influence on improving the situation of the public finance sector in the long-term with at least moderate economic growth.

scholarly journals System emerytalny i jego zmiany w Polsce w kontekście deficytu budżetowego oraz długu publicznego w latach 1999–2014

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-232
Author(s):  
Jolanta Ciak ◽  
Bożena Kołosowska
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Economic Policy ◽  
Public Debt ◽  
Pension System ◽  
The State ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Financial Policy ◽  
State Budget ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Future

Since January 1999 a new pension system based on the reformed Social InsuranceInstitution (ZUS) and open pension funds (OFE) has been in force. The reformsdid not concern all the insured in ZUS uniformly, due to its scope and costs. The aim of the article is to present the changes in the Polish national pension systemand their influence on the public finance including the state budget. The influenceis considerable due to the long-lasting imbalance in the state budget and theaccumulating public debt. The authors discern that the changes suggested by thegovernment can be assessed as the choice between being responsible for presentand being responsible for the future. Thus the effects of the current changesin the pension system are moved to the future generations and the sources of theirfinancing, whether they are in the form of higher taxes, smaller public expenditureor higher public debt, will depend on the future economic policy includingthe financial policy.

scholarly journals Opinions of the Regional Accounting Chambers regarding the documents on the financial activity of the metropolitan union

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-75
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Ofiarska
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
The Public ◽  
Negative Opinion ◽  
Financial Activity ◽  
Finance Law

Except for one provision, the Act on RACs does not specify the rules and procedure of issuing the RACs’ opinions on the documents drawn in the course of financial activity of these unions. In this regard, the provisions of the Public Finance Law and Act on RACs apply, setting out the limits of the RACs’ opinion-making activity. The subjects of the opinions are the following: draft resolutions, periodical information and reports, recovery proceedings programmes, other financial documents. In general, the opinions issued by RACs do not contain any content binding for their recipients, but in certain situations specific obligations arise, e.g. to present opinion in a proper term to the proper body, making correction to previously prepared financial documents. In one case the negative opinion revokes the entitlement of the decision-making body of the metropolitan union to adopt the budgetary resolution.

scholarly journals The influence of fiscal rules on the discipline in the public finance in Poland

2019 ◽  
pp. 31-43
Author(s):  
Joalnta Maria Ciak
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Basic Problem ◽  
Fiscal Rules ◽  
Crucial Importance ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Negative Phenomena

Fiscal rules constitute tools that match the characteristics of a transparent fiscal policy. Increasing the predictability of activities conducted within the public finance sector, which can limit politicians’ irresponsible behaviour, is of crucial importance. Fiscal rules may be preventative in nature – they can, therefore, prevent negative phenomena in the area of public finance now and in the near future. They become a kind of obstacle for potential inappropriate fiscal expansion, expenditure expansion in particular, of the public authorities, which could lead to too deep an imbalance between the liabilities of the state and the sources sufficient to cover its obligations. The trends in changes in the current public finance are supplemented by introducing fiscal rules or strengthening their role. The basic problem with fiscal rules is that in many cases they are leaky and are also not consistently observed. The aim of the article is to present a brief overview of national and supranational fiscal rules and reference to the existing situation in the public finance in Poland. The article presents the analysis of the source literature, legal acts and statistical data.

Fiscal Policy in the American States

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Garand ◽  
Justin Ulrich ◽  
Ping Xu
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Budget Deficits ◽  
State Budget ◽  
The Public ◽  
American States ◽  
State Fiscal Policy ◽  
Political Economic

This chapter reviews the recent scholarly literature on fiscal policy in the American states, focusing on several important topics: (1) size and growth of the public sector in the states; (2) how states determine expenditure and revenue priorities; (3) the politics of state budget deficits and surpluses; (4) the effects of fiscal policy on various political, economic, and social outcomes. The pace of scholarly research by political scientists on state fiscal policy has slowed considerably during the first decade of the 2000s, resulting in a leveling off of scientific progress in understanding state fiscal policy. There is a lot we still do not know about the size of the public sector, state spending and revenue policy, state deficits and surpluses, and the effects of state fiscal policy. We conclude with a discussion of unanswered research questions as a means of building an agenda for future research on state fiscal policy.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
The State ◽  
Fiscal Consolidation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Human Rights Norms ◽  
Setting Parameters

This introductory chapter illustrates some of the linkages between tax and human rights. Taxation affects which resources stay in private versus public hands, which activities are encouraged or discouraged, how much is available to the state, and who pays for and receives the public goods and services the state provides. Human rights, in turn, inform not only how tax policy should be made, but what policies are permissible, when, and why, setting parameters for the revenue-raising objectives and distributive effects of taxation, as well as the processes by which tax laws are adopted and implemented. In short, tax affects the realization of human rights in all countries—developed and developing alike—through its role in resource mobilization, redistribution, regulation, and representation. The chapter provides an overview of the volume’s contents and discusses how the policy of fiscal consolidation underpins many of the phenomena examined in those contributions. It then identifies some of the key ways in which human rights norms should feature in future debates over fiscal policy.

scholarly journals The impact of tax and budget policy on the level of economic growth

2020 ◽  
pp. 179-187
Author(s):  
Valentyna Makohon ◽  
Iryna Adamenko
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Regulatory Function ◽  
Finance System ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Impact

Relevance of the research topic. In the current conditions of development of social relations, the issues of increasing the validity of fiscal policy, using its regulatory potential for the proper fulfillment of tasks and functions entrusted to them by state bodies and local self-government bodies are actualized. An important task of fiscal policy is to improve its instruments aimed at accelerating economic growth. At the same time, the peculiarities of the formation and implementation of fiscal policy in both the advanced and transformational economies are conditioned by a number of factors, the most important of which are: the level of economic growth and institutional capacity of the country. Formulation of the problem. Based on the transformation processes in the domestic system of public finances, the major tasks are: the reconciliation of fiscal policy with the strategic task of socio-economic development of the country, improving the architecture of budget revenues and expenditures; ensuring the concentration of limited budgetary resources in those sectors of the economy that will facilitate the acceleration of economic growth, which requires further scientific studies of theoretical and applied aspects of fiscal policy formulation and implementation, assessment of its impact on the level of economic growth. At the same time, the choice of fiscal policy instruments should be made taking into account the cyclical and dynamic economic processes. Analysis of recent research and publications. The problems of forming and implementing fiscal policy are quite common in scientific research. These are the works of well-known domestic and foreign scientists: J. Buchanan, W. Mitchell, J. M. Keynes, T. Bogolib, I. Zapatrina, L. Lisyak, I. Chugunov and others. Highlighting unexplored parts of a common problem. The aforementioned issues are updated due to the increasing globalization processes, the unfavorable external and internal economic environment, which requires a number of specific tasks related to the development of fiscal policy. Goal setting, research goals. The objectives of the study are: to reveal the nature and role of fiscal policy in ensuring economic growth, to substantiate the features of fiscal policy in the current conditions of development of the public finance system; to analyze and evaluate the consolidated budget revenues and expenditures; identify the main factors that influence the peculiarities of fiscal policy implementation; to open up provisions for improving the efficiency of the fiscal policy regulatory mechanism. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the priorities of fiscal policy of economic growth in the context of institutional transformation. Research method or methodology. The set of methods of scientific research is applied in the article: systematic approach, statistical analysis, structuring, analysis, synthesis, etc. Basic material presentation (results of work). The essence and role of fiscal policy in ensuring the economic growth of the country are determined. The consolidated budget revenues and expenditures have been analyzed and estimated. The priorities of fiscal policy of economic growth in the context of institutional transformations are substantiated. Area of application of results. The results of this study can be applied in the process of forming and implementing fiscal policy of Ukraine, reforming the public finance system. Conclusions according to article. Fiscal policy is a dynamic system of goals, directions and tasks of public authorities and local self-government aimed at ensuring the stability, stability and balance of the budget system, further improving the institutional environment of budgetary relations, taking into account the cyclical and dynamic economic processes. Developing an effective fiscal policy involves developing a structural and functional model of fiscal policy that is based on the integration of institutional components of the budgetary space. Assessment of the impact of fiscal policy on economic growth should include a detailed analysis of the architecture of budgetary indicators, as well as an assessment of possible risks. In modern conditions of development of social relations the important tasks of fiscal policy are: optimization of the level of tax burden; improvement of the architectonics of budget expenditures (a significant share of budget expenditures goes to consumption); improving the architecture of budget revenues, in particular by changing the relationship between indirect and direct taxes; raising the level of the regulatory function of fiscal policy, in particular by supporting the development of major sectors of the economy. The article identifies strategic priorities of fiscal policy of economic growth in the context of institutional transformations.

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