This paper provides a critical survey of the literature on politico-institutional determinants of the government budget. We organize our discussion around two q

This paper provides a critical survey of the literature on politico-institutional determinants of the government budget. We organize our discussion around two q

This paper provides a critical survey of the literature on politico-institutional determinants of the government budget. We organize our discussion around two q

This timely book reveals that the budget deficits and accumulating debts that plague modern democracies reflect a clash between two rationalities of governance:

How have the most influential political economists of the past three centuries theorized about sovereign borrowing and shaped its now widespread use? That impor