Fiscal Rules and Countercyclical Policy : Frank Ramsey Meets Gramm-Rudman-Hollings /

Fiscal rules-legal restrictions on government borrowing, spending, or debt accumulation (like the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act in the United States)-have recently been adopted or considered in several countries, both industrial and developing. Previous literature stresses that such laws restrict counte...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tanner, Evan
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/220
Online Access:Full text available on IMF