A Modern History of Fiscal Prudence and Profligacy /

We draw on a newly collected historical dataset of fiscal variables for a large panel of countries-to our knowledge, the most comprehensive database currently available-to gauge the degree of fiscal prudence or profligacy for each country over the past several decades. Specifically, our dataset cons...

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Autor Principal: Mauro, Paolo
Outros autores: Binder, Ariel, Romeu, Rafael, Zaman, Asad
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/005
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF
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