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In an article on budgetary procedures in the Netherlands, Oort, Koopmans and Meys (1981) voiced great concern about the sharp rise in government expenditure, as reflected in rising taxes and the increasing budget deficit. The concern about public finances was widely shared at that time, resulting in broad political and public support for a stringent budgetary policy.
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Postma, J.K.T. (1996). Control and Management of Government Expenditure: Institutional structure of budget decision-making. In: Kool, C.M.J., Muysken, J., van Veen, T. (eds) Essays on Money, Banking, and Regulation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1263-5_3
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