01719cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF006550 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781455201303 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Crivelli, Ernesto. Subnational Health Spending and Soft Budget Constraints in OECD Countries / Ernesto Crivelli, Adam Leive, Thomas Stratmann. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010. 1 online resource (26 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Government spending on health has grown as a percent of GDP over the last 40 years in industrialized countries. Widespread decentralization of healthcare systems has often accompanied this increase in spending. In this paper, we explore the effect of soft budget constraints on subnational health spending in a sample of OECD countries. We find countries where subnational governments rely primarily on central government financing and enjoy large borrowing autonomy have higher healthcare spending than those with more restrictions on subnational government borrowing. Mode of access: Internet Leive, Adam. Stratmann, Thomas. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/147 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2010/147/001.2010.issue-147-en.xml IMF e-Library