A New Action-Based Dataset of Fiscal Consolidation /

This paper presents a new dataset of fiscal consolidation for 17 OECD economies during 1978-2009. We focus on discretionary changes in taxes and government spending primarily motivated by a desire to reduce the budget deficit and not by a response to prospective economic conditions. To identify the...

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Prif Awdur: Pescatori, Andrea
Awduron Eraill: Devries, Pete, Guajardo, Jaime, Leigh, Daniel
Fformat: Cylchgrawn
Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Cyfres:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/128
Mynediad Ar-lein:Full text available on IMF