The Distributional Effects of Fiscal Consolidation /

This paper examines the distributional effects of fiscal consolidation. Using episodes of fiscal consolidation for a sample of 17 OECD countries over the period 1978-2009, we find that fiscal consolidation has typically had significant distributional effects by raising inequality, decreasing wage in...

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Auteur principal: Ball, Laurence
Autres auteurs: Furceri, Davide, Leigh, Daniel, Loungani, Prakash
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/151
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF