Deep Roots of Fiscal Behavior /

This paper investigates the determinants of fiscal policy behavior and its time-varying volatility, using panel data for a broad set of advanced and emerging market economies during the period 1990-2012. The empirical results show that discretionary fiscal policy is influenced by policy inertia, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cevik, Serhan
Other Authors: Teksoz, Katerina
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/045
Online Access:Full text available on IMF