@booklet {61791,
	title = {Budget Institutions and Fiscal Performance in Latin America},
	year = {1999},
	month = {Jan 1, 1999},
	abstract = {In this paper we collect detailed information on the budget institutions of Latin American countries. We classify these institutions on a \&quot;hierarchical\&quot;/\&quot;collegial\&quot; scale, as a function of the existence of constraints on the deficit, and voting rules. We show that \&quot;hierarchical\&quot; and transparent procedures have been associated with more fiscal discipline in Latin America in the eighties and early nineties.Working Paper 394, Office of the Chief Economist, Inter-American Development Bank, June 2006.},
	author = {Hausmann, Ricardo}
}
