A Diagnostic on the Greek Fiscal Crisis

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chee-Heong Quah
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1986 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 15-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus D. Pohlmann

PurposeI wish to describe a role-playing simulation, as opposed to an educational game. A game normally has an elaborate set of rules and requires participants to function within the logic of its own reality. A role-playing simulation, on the other hand, allows the participants to maintain their own personalities and values as they interact within far more general roles and rules, creating a unique reality each time. The goal of this particular simulation is to overcome a public policy problem within a simulated political environment.


1997 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Pierre Collin

The Great Depression of the 1930s transformed municipal political life in Montreal, as it did that in other major cities in North America. For one thing, the debate between populists and reformers was revived as the electoral scene underwent fundamental changes. In many cities, political machines running on patronage became more influential as the middle class began to desert the city for the suburbs. At the same time, the margin of budgetary maneuvering available to cities was shrinking, and local public finances were reduced. Municipalities that had been obliged to borrow to meet social needs resulting from the depression were faced with a prolonged fiscal crisis, which for many of them resulted in bankruptcy and trusteeship. This was Montreal's fate in 1940.


2005 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Joseph Wallis

Between 1842 and 1852, eleven states adopted new constitutions, simultaneously creating procedures for issuing government debt and for chartering corporations through general incorporation acts. Why simultaneously? Voters wanted geographically specific infrastructure investments but opposed geographically widespread taxation. States resolved the dilemma by developing several innovative public finance schemes. One, “taxless finance,” used borrowed funds and special corporate privileges without raising current taxes. Another scheme, “benefit taxation,” coordinated the incidence of taxes with the geographic benefits of investments through the property tax. After the fiscal crisis of the early 1840s, states changed their constitutions to eliminate taxless finance in the future.


Science ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 279 (5356) ◽  
pp. 1466-1467 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Mervis
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2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 2875-2894
Author(s):  
Otavio Gama Barbosa ◽  
Denilson da Mata Daher
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A crise econômica brasileira, desencadeada a partir de 2014, criou um ambiente de forte pressão por equilíbrio fiscal e intensificou os desafios para as administrações municipais. Esta pesquisa indica a estrutura que levou alguns municípios brasileiros ao seu status de desequilíbrio fiscal. O estudo analisou a conjuntura econômico-financeira de Abel Figueiredo, Bom Jesus do Tocantins, Dom Eliseu e Rondon do Pará, municípios paraenses que estão localizados às margens da BR222, entre os anos de 2014 a 2018, a fim de compreender os prováveis impactos decorrentes da crise fiscal e as particularidades inerentes a esta conjuntura. A pesquisa possui natureza qualitativa, trata-se de um estudo de caso múltiplo, que se realizou por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica, documental e a coleta de dados secundários. Analisou-se os demonstrativos contábeis municipais e os indicadores de gestão fiscal, baseando-se nos princípios financeiros e orçamentários contidos na Constituição Federal e os parâmetros estabelecidos pela Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal. Os resultados da pesquisa apontam os desequilíbrios ocorridos nas finanças de todas as prefeituras analisadas e a dimensão da dependência destes municípios em relação aos repasses intergovernamentais. Dentre os principais problemas enfrentados pelo poder executivo destes municípios está a alta destinação de receita para as despesas com pessoal, o que acarreta em menos investimentos e maior rigidez do orçamento, estreita o espaço para novas despesas e para investimentos. Conclui-se que todos esses desajustes levaram estas cidades a uma situação fiscal crítica.


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