Deficit Limits, Budget Rules, and Fiscal Policy /

The paper presents a simple model for discussing the effects of deficit limits and budget rules on fiscal policy. I find that limits on deficit-output ratios provide incentives to implement procyclical policies when the economy is in intermediate states, and countercyclical policies only in very &qu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Manasse, Paolo
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/120
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF