Beyond the Golden Rule: The other constitutional constraints to the fiscal and budgetary power

Authors

  • Gabriel Moreno González

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/redc.115.07

Keywords:

Balance budget rule, constitutional economy, semi-direct democracy, economic governance.

Abstract

With the constitutionalization of the balanced budget and its theorization, a set of mechanisms have been making in order to deploy different institutionals answers. The use of semi-direct democracy instruments for the determination of fiscal policies, the establishment of “Rainy Day Fund” or the creation of independent budgetary bodies with veto power over the Parliament, are some of the key elements in the new conception of the economic constitution. The North American experience on the matter and the academic contributions from the school of Constitutional Economy foster the new paradigm.

Published

2019-04-22