The Distributional Effects of Government Spending Shocks in Developing Economies /

We construct unanticipated government spending shocks for 103 developing countries from 1990 to 2015 and study their effects on income distribution. We find that unanticipated fiscal consolidations lead to a long-lasting increase in income inequality, while fiscal expansions lower inequality. The re...

Fuld beskrivelse

Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Furceri, Davide
Andre forfattere: Ge, Jun, Loungani, Prakash, Melina, Giovanni
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/057
Online adgang:Full text available on IMF