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Budget Institutions and Fiscal Performance in Latin America

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Ricardo Hausmann
Alberto Alesina
Rudolf Hommes
Ernesto H. Stein

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In this paper detailed information on the budget institutions of Latin American countries is collected. These institutions are classified on a hierarchical/collegial scale, as a function of the existence of constraints on the deficit and voting rules.

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Paper provided by Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department in its series RES Working Papers with number 4160.

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