Soft Budget Constraints, Firm Commitments and the Social Safety Net.

It is shown that the inefficiencies created by the 'soft' budget constraint, enjoyed by enterprises in Eastern Europe and elsewhere, will continue so long as governments are unable credibly to threaten not to bail out loss-makers. Commitment to a 'hard' budget constraint can best...

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Autor Corporativo: International Monetary Fund
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1991.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1991/098
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF