Fiscal Policy and Financial Markets /

This paper introduces fiscal policy in a model of sovereign risk spreads ("spreads"). Using panel data from emerging market countries, we find that reductions in public expenditure are a more powerful tool for reducing spreads than increases in revenues. Specifically, cuts in current spend...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Akitoby, Bernardin
Other Authors: Stratmann, Thomas
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/016
Online Access:Full text available on IMF