Partial fulfillment of the requirement in the subject PA026A – PUBLIC FISCAL ADMINISTRATION PREPARED AND SUBMITTED BY GROUP V Vincent Yuzon Rosales II Frances Santos Angelito Laderas Antonio Vitan Jr. Ma. Lourdes Cuenco SUBMITTED TO PROFESSOR CYNTHIA RAVELA CUBOS June 28‚ 2011 THEORIES OF EXPENDITURE GROWTH Three prominent theories that used the time-pattern of expenditure in the long-run to explain the expansion of the public sector are discuss in this chapter. Although this theories were
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average citizen is apt to hear a great deal of talk about income‚ taxes‚ spending‚ and more importantly budget deficits and the national debt. Given all of the talk‚ one may come to think that budget deficits and the national debt are one in the same. While the two do go hand-in-hand‚ it is important to understand that they are two separate things. InvestorWords.com defines a budget deficit as the amount by which a government‚ company‚ or individual’s spending exceeds its income over a particular
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10.3: Deficits‚ Surpluses‚ and the National Debt I. From Deficits to Debt A. Predicting the Deficit- What factors affect the accuracy of the deficit projection? -The way expenditures are reported and changes in the economy B. Deficits Add to the Debt- What is the only way the annual budget can lower the federal debt? -By generating surplus C. A Growing Public Debt- Why do most economists tend to disregard trust fund balances? - Because trust fund balances represent money the government
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Fiscal Institutions and Fiscal Performance shifts emphasis away from narrow economic factors to more broadly defined political and institutional factors that affect government policy and national debt. This collection brings together new theoretical models‚ empirical evidence‚ and a series of in-depth case studies to analyze the effect of political institutions‚ fiscal regulations‚ and policy decisions on accumulating deficits. It provides a fascinating overview of the political and economic issues
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1-16 FISCAL DEFICITS AND INFLATION DYNAMICS IN NIGERIA: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS Emmanuel Ating Onwioduokit Government expenditure in Nigeria has consistently exceeded revenue for most o the years beginning from 1980. This paper investigates the causal relationship f between infation andfiscal deficit in Nigeria from 1970 to 19194. It was empirically confirmed that althoughfiscal dejkit causes inflation‚ there was nofeedback between inflation and fiscal deficit. However
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ABSTRACT This report deals with the basic understanding of Public debt‚ what it comprises of and how it is managed and why does the government resort to public borrowing. Various forms of public debt have been discussed to facilitate better understanding of the concept. We have also attempted to analyze the impact of certain macro economic variables on the public debt in our country. For this purpose‚ we have used the “SPSS 13.0 for windows” as a tool to carry out the regression analysis. index
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important part of the economy in any country; and‚ as the Deficit in the United States grows‚ it is more important to maximum employment‚ production‚ and purchasing power. The current deficit as a percentage of GDP is near 11% which is the highest since the 1940s during WWII. The government debt is will rise even higher with the recent health care bill which brings unrealistic spending and tax increases. America’s economy is drawing near to fiscal train wreck. One article by Holtz-Eakin states that
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Public debt indicates the amount of outstanding debt instruments that are issued by the government anytime during the past but not yet repaid. (Seater‚ 2008) Incurring public debt is a regular phenomenon in managing fiscal and the monetary policy of an economy leading to governments borrowing money from local and international institutions to cover the public deficit. (Kumhof and Tanner‚ 2004) Mostly the lenders to the government are the financial intermediaries of the country where Kumhof and Tanner
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Public Debt Management Introduction Public (Sovereign) debt management is the process of establishing and executing a strategy for managing the government’s debt in order to raise the required amount of funding‚ achieve its risk and cost objectives and to meet any other sovereign debt management goals the government may have set‚ such as developing and maintaining an efficient market for government securities. In a broader macroeconomic context for public policy‚ governments should seek to
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Managing Public Debt There are three ways to manage public debt. These budget philosophies are the Annually Balanced Budget‚ Cyclically Balanced Budget and Functional Finance. Each policy has its advantages and disadvantages which attempt to achieve a deficit during recession and move towards a surplus during inflation‚ which is the essence of counter cyclical fiscal policy. Based on a traditional orthodox view‚ the Annually Balanced Budget sees the government control its budget on a yearly basis
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