Distributional Consequences of Fiscal Consolidation and the Role of Fiscal Policy : What Do the Data Say? /

The 2007-09 Great Recession has led to an unprecedented increase in public debt in many countries, triggering substantial fiscal adjustments. What are the distributional consequences of fiscal austerity measures? This is an important policy question. This paper analyzes the effects of fiscal policie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Woo, Jaejoon
Other Authors: Bova, Elva, Kinda, Tidiane, Zhang, Yuanyan
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/195
Online Access:Full text available on IMF