Structural Balances and All That : Which Indicators to Use in Assessing Fiscal Policy /

Structural indicators of a country's fiscal position are regularly used as estimates of both discretionary changes in fiscal policy and the effect of fiscal policy on aggregate demand. This paper looks at such indicators and evaluates, from a theoretical standpoint and from empirical case studi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chalk, Nigel
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/101
Online Access:Full text available on IMF