Fiscal Reforms, Long-term Growth and Income Inequality /

We estimate the effects on growth of nine fiscal reform episodes in seven high-income countries using the Synthetic Control Method. These episodes are selected using an indicator-based approach applied to the evaluation of growth-friendly fiscal reforms during 1975-2010. We find that in reform count...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Acosta Ormaechea, Santiago
Other Authors: Correa-Caro, Carolina, Komatsuzaki, Takuji
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/145
Online Access:Full text available on IMF