Political process of fiscal reconstruction in Sweden

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24510350
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Takasaki City University of Economics
• Principal Investigator: AKITOMO AYAE 高崎経済大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (80623454)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OKAZAWA Norio 早稲田大学, 社会科学学術院, 教授 (60063773)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 地域研究 / スウェーデン / 財政再建 / 政策過程

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Most welfare states are under pressure of economic globalization, growth of information technology, demographic ageing and low economic growth. Policy choices has become more difficult to tackle with government budget deficit and increasing public debt. This research focuses on the political process of fiscal reconstruction in Sweden, in the 1990s, and explores the factors which enabled Sweden to achieve budget surplus in 1998. Through this research, although additional research is needed to generalization, they are lead as the key factors; 1) public perceptions of seriousness of the political matters, 2) a decision making system incorporating diverse interests, 3) designing the structure of burdens to share deficit among all citizens, 4) increasing the visibility of the political process and 5) community and building trust.

Free Research Field

地域研究