Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Economics and Political Science - Department of Economics

Studies that work on "fiscal fragmentation" attempt to explain how "political-economy" and "institutional factors3 may have effects on levels of government spending. Here, the empirical research has launched a very strong line of analysis for the case of fiscal fragmentation within the model of the European Union (EU). Besides, on the path to provide solutions, the analysis of the experience of the EU provides a strong case for the growing interest in fiscal policy procedural rules that can be functionalized to restrain fragmented spending, lowering budget deficits, and reducing debts. In that the fiscal governance model in Europe declares an institutional approach to contain fiscal fragmentation. These attributes have been put under analysis to draw identifiable interpretation and recognition of fiscal and institutional trends. Following a constructivist line, this dissertation aims to set the ground for multidisciplinary approach to understand the fragmentation of fiscal decision making, by proclaiming a public administration perspective of fiscal policy implementation. And hence, the study contributes to the literature by providing an administrative dimension of fiscal fragmentation. The study follows the notion of how procedure rules and institutions may work to contain the fragmentation of public spending, in alignment with the EU current investigative research, and by analyzing Egypt's institutional design

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