期刊
PUBLIC FINANCE REVIEW
卷 43, 期 1, 页码 108-134出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1091142113515051
关键词
tax-spend; state government finances; budget deficit; public debt
Using data from the contiguous US states from 1951 to 2008, this study examines the dynamics of the intertemporal budget constraint to better understand persistent budget deficits. The direction of causality between tax revenues and expenditures is of primary interest in answering the four hypotheses set forth in the literature: tax-spend, spend-tax, fiscal synchronization, and institutional separation. Overall, the results convey evidence in favor of the tax-spend hypothesis. The dynamics differ, however, in that states with relatively higher debt levels respond slower to fiscal imbalances and rely more on expanding debt levels. These results present a clear illustration of the fiscal adjustment mechanism and how states adapt under various institutional restraints.
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