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...

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Autore principale: Furceri, Davide
Altri autori: Ge, Jun, Loungani, Prakash, Melina, Giovanni
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/057
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF