Automatic Stabilizers and the Size of Government : Correcting a Common Misunderstanding /

The size of government is a commonly used variable in many analytical studies on the effects of fiscal policy. An accepted practice is to measure it as the ratio of government spending to GDP. However, this is not the correct metric when computing the stabilization effects of nondiscretionary fiscal...

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Автор: Cottarelli, Carlo
Інші автори: Fedelino, Annalisa
Формат: Журнал
Мова:English
Опубліковано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Серія:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/155
Онлайн доступ:Full text available on IMF