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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
School of Public Policy
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Michel Strawczynski
Coordinator Office Hours:
Mondays from 9 to 10
Teaching Staff:
Prof Michel Strawczynski
Course/Module description:
This course will enhance an independent view on the different stages of government budget and the extent to which it achieves government goals in three aspects: is the government budget process an efficient tool for fulfilling government and society priorities; is the budget process an efficient tool for achieving government outputs in the different areas; does the budget process assure macroeconomic stability.
Course/Module aims:
The purpose of this course is to facilitate tools and a conceptual framework for understanding and analyzing the budget process in Israel.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
The course will prepare students to acquire an independent view on government budget stages and the extent they fulfill government targets.
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Frontal classes, Group discussions and presentation of key works in the field by students.
Course/Module Content:
Government Budget, actual situation in Israel, alternative budgeting models, dealing with the spending bias: international and Israeli experience, fiscal rules, multi-year budget, does the budgeting process contribute for achieving government goals, defense budgeting process in Israel, the Arrangements law.
Required Reading:
Ben Bassat A. and M. Dahan (2006), The balance of power at the government budget process, Israel Institute for Democracy (in Hebrew).
Additional Reading Material:
Alesina, A. and R. Perotti (1995), "Fiscal Expansions and Adjustments
in OECD Countries", Economic Policy Pannel,1994-95 Discussion Paper Series No. 754.
Alesina A., R. Perotti and J. Tabares (1998), "The political economy of fiscal adjustments", Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 197-266.
Roubini, Nouriel and Jeffret Sachs (1989), "Political and economic determinants of budget deficits in the industrial democracies", European Economic Review 33 (1989) 903-938.
Alesina, A. and R. Perotti (1999), "Budget Deficits and Budget Institutions", in Fiscal Institutions and Fiscal Performance, Editor: James M. Poterba, University of Chicago Press, p. 13 – 36.
Alesina, Alberto, Ricardo Hausmann, Rudolf Hommes (1999), and Ernesto Stein Budget Institutions and Fiscal Performance in Latin America, Inter-American Development Bank, Office of the Chief Economist, Working Paper Series 394.
Brender, Adi (2007), "If you want to cut, cut, don't talk: the role of formal targets in Israel's fiscal consolidation efforts, 1985-2007", in Fiscal policy: current issues and
challenges, Banca d'Italia, 349-374.
Dahan, Momi and Michel Strawczynski (2013), "Fiscal rules and government expenditure composition in OECD countries", Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 32, No. 3, 484–504 (2013).
Debrun, Xavier, Laurent Moulin, Alessandro Turrini, Joaquim Ayuso-i-Casals and Manmohan S. Kumar (2008), "Tied to the mast? National fiscal rules in the European Union", Economic Policy, April, 297-362.
Frankel, Jeffrey (2001), "A solution to fiscal procyclicality: the structural budget institutions pioneered by Chile, NBER Working Paper 16945.
Gleigh, Holger (2003), "Budget institutions and fiscal performance in Central and Eastern European countries", ECB Working Paper No.215.
Hallerberg, Mark, Rolf Strauch and Jürgen von Hagen (2007), "The design of fiscal rules and forms of governance in European Union countries", European Journal of Political Economy 23 (2007) 338–359.
Lane Philip R. (2003), "The cyclical behaviour of fiscal policy: evidence from the OECD", Journal of Public Economics 87, 2661– 2675.
Strawczynski, Michel (2013), Cyclicality of Statutory Tax Rates, Discussion Paper No. 13.03, Falk Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Vegh, Carlos and Guillermo Vuletin (2012), "How is fiscal policy conducted over the business cycle", NBER Working Paper 17753.
Von Hagen, Jurgen (2002), "Fiscal rules, fiscal institutions and fiscal performance", The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 263-284.
Von Hagen, Jurgen and Ian Harden (1996), " Budget processes and commitment to fiscal discipline", European Economic Review 39 (3-4), 771-779.
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 70 %
Presentation 30 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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