Considering the IMF's Perspective on a "Sound Fiscal Policy" /

This paper provides a perspective on how the IMF assesses a 'sound fiscal policy,' focusing principally on industrial and emerging market economies. It observes six central criteria: the short-term fiscal policy stance, with greater emphasis on automatic stabilizers than discretionary fisc...

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1. Verfasser: Heller, Peter
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Policy Discussion Papers; Policy Discussion Paper ; No. 2002/008
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Zusammenfassung:This paper provides a perspective on how the IMF assesses a 'sound fiscal policy,' focusing principally on industrial and emerging market economies. It observes six central criteria: the short-term fiscal policy stance, with greater emphasis on automatic stabilizers than discretionary fiscal policy; relevance of medium- and sometimes long-term issues; fiscal sustainability; capacity for aggregate fiscal policy implementation (including political economy factors); structural content of fiscal policy (tax efficiency and public expenditure quality); and institutional, governance, and process issues associated with budget implementation and revenue collection. Greater emphasis could be placed on an adequate margin to deal with uncertain long-term challenges.
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