Automatic Fiscal Stabilizers /

This paper discusses how to enhance automatic stabilizers without increasing the size of government. We distinguish between permanent changes in the parameters of the tax and expenditure system (e.g., changes in tax progressivity) that will enhance the traditional automatic stabilizer, and temporary...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Symansky, Steven
Other Authors: Baunsgaard, Thomas
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Series:IMF Staff Position Notes; Staff Position Note ; No. 2009/023
Online Access:Full text available on IMF