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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Autor principal: Akitoby, Bernardin
Outros Autores: Stratmann, Thomas
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
coleção:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/016
Acesso em linha:Full text available on IMF