Decreasing the Rent-Creating Grounds in the Process of Budget Bill Ratification in the Islamic Parliament of Iran

Governmental budgeting, as a ground for public resource distribution, is one of the most important economic subjects, and also considered as one of the most important areas for the distribution of rent. Countries with high intervention and a big size of the government in the economy, government and government budget will play a significant role in the distribution of resources, and for this reason, it will be in the center of attention of different individuals and groups to gain economic and non-economic benefits. The side effects of a rentier economy have led economists to seek solutions to reduce the grounds of rent-seeking and lead the economy towards a productive and entrepreneurial economy. In this regard, the current study we seek to pathologize the process of budget bill ratification in the sense of the rent-creation groundwork, and represent the needed solutions for the correction and improvement of the process, aiming the alleviation of corruption groundwork and implementation of the 19th article of the General Policies of Eghtesad-e-Moghavemati. This descriptive-analytical study has identified five major problems in the ratification process, which are rooted in the absence of the basis of expertise-oriented decision-making. And we attempt to provide some solutions with regard to other researches findings and practices of some countries.