Italian Budgeting Policy: Between Punctuations and Incrementalism

Names of Italian Political Parties
Acknowledgement
Contents
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction
	References
Chapter 2: Policy-Making and Budget Changes
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 The Importance of Studying Public Budgeting
	2.3 The Evolution of Studies on Budget Changes
	2.4 The Shape of Budget Changes: Hyper-incrementalism and Frictions
	2.5 The Decision-Making Process: The Government Versus the Parliament
	2.6 Discussion
	References
Chapter 3: Budgeting Policy Within the Union: Italy in the European Context
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 A Brief History of Italian National Accounts
	3.3 The (Stretched) Pillars of the Italian Budgetary Process
	3.4 Italy and the Development of the European Economic Governance
	3.5 Discussion
	References
Chapter 4: Approaching an Explanation of Longitudinal Change in the Italian Budget
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 A Comprehensive Analysis of Budgetary Policy: A Threefold Policy Perspective
	4.3 Tools to Study the Italian Budget Policy: Methodological Innovations
	4.4 Centripetal, Centrifugal, Countervailing Forces?
	4.5 Discussion
	References
Chapter 5: Incremental Changes or Punctuations?
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 The Distribution of Budget Adjustments: Hypotheses
		General Punctuation Hypothesis
		Fragmentation Hypothesis
		Polarisation Hypothesis
		Centralisation Hypothesis
		External Constraint Hypothesis
		Crisis Hypothesis
	5.3 Assessing the Size of Yearly Changes
	5.4 Explaining the Magnitude and Direction of Yearly Changes
	5.5 Discussion
	References
Chapter 6: To Change or Not to Change: Governments’ Spending Intentions
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 Governments’ Intentions and Spending Reallocation: Hypotheses
		Polarisation Hypothesis
		Centralisation Hypothesis
		Crisis Hypothesis
		Newly Appointed Governments Hypothesis
	6.3 Explaining the Transformativeness of the Budget Bill
	6.4 Discussion
	References
Chapter 7: The Impact of the Decision-Making Process
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Parliament Strength and Spending Reallocation: Hypotheses
		Fragmentation Hypothesis
		Centralisation Hypothesis
		External Constraint Hypothesis
		Crisis Hypothesis
		Electoral Cycle Hypothesis
	7.3 Explaining the Transformativeness of the Budget Law
	7.4 Discussion
	References
Chapter 8: Conclusion
	8.1 A Mammoth Doesn’t Change Its Size, but Changes Its Shape
	8.2 Budget, Institutions and Frictions
	8.3 Policy-makers, Cognitive Limits and Crises
	8.4 Pitfalls on the Path Towards Collective Decision-Making
	8.5 Responsiveness, Responsibility and Change
	8.6 Ideas and Change
	References
Appendix A
	1.1 Logistic Regression
References
Appendix B
	1.1 Assessment of Major Changes in the Budget Bill and in the Budget Law
		1.1.1 Budget Law
		1.1.1.1	 Budget Bill
	1.2 Confirmation of the Leptokurtic Distribution of Annual Budgetary Changes in Italy
References
Index