Topics Finance bills

Constitute topics are built from the variables in the Comparative Constitutions Project’s dataset, which captures the content of world constitutions. The particular variables relevant to this topic are listed below, in the form of survey questions.

More information about the CCP’s research design is available here, including background information on how the team designed the inventory of constitutional topics as well as the full coding survey

Description

Special legislative processes for finance bills, which may include restrictions on proposal, approval, or amendment. Finance bills refer to legislation specifically for the borrowing of money for governmental use, like loans from NGOs, other countries, or even private individuals.

Categories

Legislature

Keywords

budget; fiscal policy

Survey Questions

  • Who can initiate finance bills?
  • Who approves finance bills?
  • What are the details for the process to pass finance bills?