Fiscal Reforms That Work.
Reducing the budget deficit is not easy. Keynesian theory suggests thatlowering government expenditures and raising revenues can lead to afalloff in economic activity. This paper argues the neoclassical approach - that a firm and credible reduction in expenditures, by engendering confidence that tax...
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| Fformat: | Cylchgrawn |
| Iaith: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
1997.
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| Cyfres: | Economic Issues; Economic Issues ;
No. 1997/002 |
| Mynediad Ar-lein: | Full text available on IMF |
| Crynodeb: | Reducing the budget deficit is not easy. Keynesian theory suggests thatlowering government expenditures and raising revenues can lead to afalloff in economic activity. This paper argues the neoclassical approach - that a firm and credible reduction in expenditures, by engendering confidence that taxes will be less burdensome in the future,may lead to lower interest rates, boost consumption, and increaseinvestment spending. |
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| Disgrifiad o'r Eitem: | <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required |
| Disgrifiad Corfforoll: | 1 online resource (18 pages) |
| Fformat: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1020-5098 |
| Mynediad: | Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students |