In analysing proposals for new sources of development funding, there are several issues that arise across the board. What is the role of new sources in relation to existing overseas development assistance? Should we be seeking new sources that generate a double dividend? Can the key elements of a proposal be achieved by another route? What should be the fiscal architecture? Is there a modern tr...

Since 1980, over 2,000 local governments in US Atlantic states have been hit by a hurricane. We study government fiscal dynamics the aftermath of hurricanes. These shocks reduce tax revenues, public expenditures, and debt financing decade following Hurricanes create collateral damage for increasing cost at critical moments after strike. Municipalities with 1 standard deviation-above-average rac...

The purpose of parliament is to present a discussion policy in fashion that will bring about consensus results collective action. Such action serves the common good state, although second-order effects and Pareto optimality difficult obtain, if not impossible. Parliament attempts address second-best world socially optimal fashion. As such accountability scrutiny are key tools through which body...