Fiscal Balance During Inflation, Disinflation, and Immigration : Policy Lessons /

The paper provides an overview of the role of the fiscal imbalances and the ensuing public debt in explaining major episodes in Israel's recent economic developments. The main conclusions from the Israeli budgetary developments may have more general validity: (a) deficits lead to inflation and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Razin, Assaf
Other Authors: Sadka, Efraim
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1996/033
Online Access:Full text available on IMF