The political economy of the public budget in the Americas / edited by Diego Sánchez-Ancochea and Iwan Morgan.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: The political economy of the budgets in comparative perspective / Diego Sánchez-Ancochea and Iwan Morgan -- Fiscal credibility, public good and the budget: the struggle over federal taxing and spending in the Argentine during the late twentieth century / Colin M. Lewis and Andrew H. Mitchell -- Fiscal sustainability and deficit politics in the United States / Dennis S. Ippolito -- The public budget and the US current account deficit / Iwan Morgan -- Foreign exchange and the dynamics of public debt in Latin America / Carlos E. Schonerwald da Silva and Matias Vernengo -- Fiscal policy and equity: the dilemmas facing Brazil's labour government / Edmund Amann and Werner Baer -- The struggle for tax reform in central America / Manuel R. Agosin, Roberto Machado and Aaron Schneider -- Socio-economic change and fiscal challenges in central America: globalisation, democratisation, and the politics of reform / Aaron Schneider -- Equity, growth and balanced budgets: tax policy in the United States / Dennis S. Ippolito -- Public budgets and income inequality in Latin America: a comparative perspective / Diego Sánchez-Ancochea.