...Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen Purpose There are substantial challenges to fiscal sustainability in a large number of countries around the world. An interesting question for consideration is whether independent fiscal councils (IFCs) can contribute to increased fiscal sustainability by expanding...

... of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence Financial condition Fiscal sustainability Fiscal stress Solvency...

...Tatjana Neuhuber; Michael Getzner; Johann Bröthaler Purpose This study investigates the relationship between fiscal resilience during the 2007/2008 financial crisis and subsequent fiscal sustainability in 2,093 Austrian local governments. It particularly focuses on spatial dependencies...