Fiscal Institutions and Fiscal Performance, Hardcover by Poterba, James M. (EDT); Hagen, Jurgen Von (EDT), ISBN 0226676234, ISBN-13 9780226676234, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Contains 13 papers presented at a conference cosponsored by NBER and ZEI held in Bonn in 1997. Some of the topics covered include: budget deficits and institutions; consumption smoothing through fiscal policy in OECD and EU countries; politics, institutions, and public-sector spending in the Argentine provinces; state fiscal institutions and the US municipal bond market; budgetary procedures budgetary institutions and the levels of expenditure outcomes in Australia and New Zealand; and subnational budgetary and stabilization policies in Canada and Australia. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()