COVID Module Question 4

Do published documents and information on the emergency fiscal policy package under consideration include estimates of the package’s spending measures?

Guidelines
This question asks about the availability of published information on the estimated expenditures stemming from the emergency fiscal policy package, including if expenditures are presented by administrative unit.

The question also asks whether funding is shown by individual program, a more detailed presentation, as addressed in the guidelines for Question 2 above.

Finally, the question asks whether the presentation includes a narrative explaining the spending measures, providing a discussion for instance of how the policy would be implemented and what it is expected to achieve.

Tick boxes: ''Please check the boxes of the items that appear in the relevant documentation. If none of the items are presented, please check ‘None of the Above’. In the comment box, please provide a detailed citation for each item selected below as described in the assessment directions as well as any additional details.''


 * ☐  Total expenditures
 * ☐  Expenditures by administrative unit
 * ☐  Expenditures by program
 * ☐  Explanatory narrative
 * ☐  None of the above

Should researchers only reference documents produced by the executive?
No. Researchers can use any documents produced by any public entity to answer the questions, at least to start with. We can then, when analyzing the results, decide whether these "count" or not. If you have any questions or concerns regarding a particular document, please bring it to the team.