Underlying Factors Driving Fiscal Effort in Emerging Market Economies /

Using a panel dataset of 34 emerging market countries for the period 1990-2002, we examine the roles of various economic, political, and institutional variables in determining fiscal effort, as proxied by the primary surplus. We find that while fiscal effort increases, as expected, with the level of...

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Bibliografiska uppgifter
Huvudupphovsman: Baig, Taimur
Övriga upphovsmän: Abiad, Abdul
Materialtyp: Tidskrift
Språk:English
Publicerad: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/106
Länkar:Full text available on IMF