Expenditure Rules : Effective Tools for Sound Fiscal Policy? /

This paper provides new evidence on the effectiveness of expenditure rules. The analysis is based on a unique dataset covering all countries with national and supranational fiscal rules, including 33 expenditure rules, between 1985 and 2013. It contributes to the existing literature on fiscal rules...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cordes, Till
Other Authors: Kinda, Tidiane, Muthoora, Priscilla, Weber, Anke
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/029
Online Access:Full text available on IMF