Dynamics of Legislative Budgeting in Italy 1982-2001

• Main Authors: FORESTIERE, Carolyn, PELIZZO, Riccardo
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
• Subjects: Fiscal policies; Italy; Parliament; government budget; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1134
• Institution: Singapore Management University

For much of the First Republic, the Italian parliament was notorious for its fiscal irresponsibility. However, using data over a 20-year period we note that the performance of the parliament during the passage of the national budget changed over time. During most of the 1980s the parliament always s...