Governments and Promised Fiscal Consolidations : Do They Mean What They Say? /

This paper analyses the causes and consequences of fiscal consolidation promise gaps, defined as the distance between planned fiscal adjustments and actual consolidations. Using 74 consolidation episodes derived from the narrative approach in 17 advanced economies during 1978 - 2015, the paper shows...

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Autore principale: Gupta, Sanjeev
Altri autori: Jalles, Joao Tovar, Mulas-Granados, Carlos, Schena, Michela
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/039
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