Executive Leadership and Fiscal Discipline
Explaining Political Entrepreneurship in Cases of Japan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6278440 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Naofumi Fujimura (0000-0003-3600-5770, Kyoto University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 175-190 |
| Publication date | 2009-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japanese Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-1099 • E-ISSN: 1474-0060 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1468109909003521 |
| OpenAlex | W2096288481 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 27 |
This article discusses the effects of executive leadership on fiscal policies and performance. I propose that executive leadership, as a political entrepreneur who provides collective goods for organization, has incentives to maintain fiscal discipline so that he or she can stay in office by developing his or her party's reputation and leading party legislators to electoral success. This article argues that executive leadership with stronger public support is more likely to restrain fiscal expenditure and maintain fiscal discipline. I demonstrate this argument by showing that the prime minister who receives higher public support is more likely to restrain fiscal expenditure in Japan
Argument (complex analysis · Business · Economics · Entrepreneurship · Fiscal policy · Incentive · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Microeconomics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public good · Reputation · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Finance
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Governing the Commons
The Logic of Collective Action
Electoral Rules and Government Spending in Parliamentary Democracies
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Comparative Politics and Public Finance
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| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |