In this article, we analyse the impact of the fiscal crisis on budget decisionmaking and governance in Belgium’s federal government by relying on interviews with key stakeholders. After our introduction, the second section situates the beginning of the fiscal crisis in Belgium by end 2008. The third section analyses the budget decision-making process in Belgium, which is found relatively unaffected by the fiscal crisis. The fourth section reports differentiated impacts of the fiscal crisis on governance in the regular administration and social security sector. The paper concludes that Belgium’s federal government up to now has not seized the opportunity provided by the fiscal crisis to engage in public management reform. We emphasize a numb...
Belgium has recently undergone a 541-day period with no elected government following the 2010 genera...
Catherine Mathieu and Henri Sterdyniak look more specifically at "EU public finances in the crisis"....
All Economics Department Working Papers are available through OECD's internet web site at www.o...
This article analyzes fiscal consolidation policy in federal Belgium in the period 2009-2014, until ...
In this paper, we provide first insights derived from our research into the impact of the global fin...
textabstractHow have governments, politics and administrations responded to the fiscal crisis? In th...
Since 2007, Belgium has been confronted with an ongoing political crisis. As the two language commun...
After ten years of relative respite, Belgium currently has to strengthen its fiscal policy in order ...
This article investigates the early signs of the impact of the 2008 crisis on fiscal convergence wi...
Is Belgium threatened by secession? In this article we highlight why Belgium is unlikely to experien...
Fiscal consolidation confronts federal states with a collective action problem, especially in federa...
Overview of key developments in respect of the financing of the federal entities in Belgium after th...
The article examines changes in the financial management of Danish municipalities in a period with i...
This paper describes the particular impacts of the financial and economic crisis on Central and East...
This article investigates the early signs of the impact of the financial crisis on fiscal convergenc...
Belgium has recently undergone a 541-day period with no elected government following the 2010 genera...
Catherine Mathieu and Henri Sterdyniak look more specifically at "EU public finances in the crisis"....
All Economics Department Working Papers are available through OECD's internet web site at www.o...
This article analyzes fiscal consolidation policy in federal Belgium in the period 2009-2014, until ...
In this paper, we provide first insights derived from our research into the impact of the global fin...
textabstractHow have governments, politics and administrations responded to the fiscal crisis? In th...
Since 2007, Belgium has been confronted with an ongoing political crisis. As the two language commun...
After ten years of relative respite, Belgium currently has to strengthen its fiscal policy in order ...
This article investigates the early signs of the impact of the 2008 crisis on fiscal convergence wi...
Is Belgium threatened by secession? In this article we highlight why Belgium is unlikely to experien...
Fiscal consolidation confronts federal states with a collective action problem, especially in federa...
Overview of key developments in respect of the financing of the federal entities in Belgium after th...
The article examines changes in the financial management of Danish municipalities in a period with i...
This paper describes the particular impacts of the financial and economic crisis on Central and East...
This article investigates the early signs of the impact of the financial crisis on fiscal convergenc...
Belgium has recently undergone a 541-day period with no elected government following the 2010 genera...
Catherine Mathieu and Henri Sterdyniak look more specifically at "EU public finances in the crisis"....
All Economics Department Working Papers are available through OECD's internet web site at www.o...