Performance of Fiscal Accounts in South Africa in a Cross-Country Setting /

This paper analyzes the cyclical fluctuations in South Africa in a cross-country context, and studies the impact of the output gap by controlling for export intensity, the debt burden, asset prices, and banking crises. Results show that South Africa's revenue performance was outstanding during...

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Tác giả chính: Aydin, Burcu
Định dạng: Tạp chí
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Loạt:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/217
Truy cập trực tuyến:Full text available on IMF
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