Recognizing the Bias : Financial Cycles and Fiscal Policy /

This paper argues that asset price cycles have significant effects on fiscal outcomes. In particular, there is evidence of debt bias-the tendency of debt to increase over the cycle- that is significantly larger for house price cycles than stand-alone business cycles. Automatic stabilizers and discre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Budina, Nina
Outros autores: Gracia, Borja, Hu, Xingwei, Saksonovs, Sergejs
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/246
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF