Trends in Fiscal Transparency : Evidence from a New Database of the Coverage of Fiscal Reporting /

Although there are several measures of fiscal transparency, none provides satisfactory information on certain issues of macroeconomic relevance, including whether fiscal data are available for all of general government, whether the government reports a balance sheet, and whether spending and revenue...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wang, Rachel
Other Authors: Irwin, Timothy, Murara, Lewis
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/188
Online Access:Full text available on IMF