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Fiscal rules and creative accounting: Evidence from Japanese municipalities
This paper analyzes a new fiscal rule and creative accounting using stock-flow adjustments. Previous studies investigate creative accounting using country- or state-level data, although the definitions of creative accounting differ depending on the study. We contribute to the literature on creative accounting by using Japanese municipality data from FY2007 to FY2010, following von Hagen and Wolff (2006). We focus on stock-flow adjustments by considering the relationship between the increase in the change in debt stock and the decrease in the deficit to measure creative accounting. Our contribution is the finding that municipalities engage in stock-flow adjustments by increasing their expenditures and revenues through intergovernmental transfers, which represents creative accounting because it allows municipalities to delay improving their fiscal conditions. To evaluate a new fiscal rule, we should check not only the targeted indexes but also the untargeted indexes, which municipalities do not have an incentive to control.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of the Japanese and International Economies publishes original reports of research devoted to academic analyses of the Japanese economy and its interdependence on other national economies. The Journal also features articles that present related theoretical, empirical, and comparative analyses with their policy implications. Book reviews are also published.