Do Fiscal Rules Cause Better Fiscal Balances? : A New Instrumental Variable Strategy /

This paper estimates the causal effect of fiscal rules on fiscal balances in a panel of 142 countries over the period 1985-2015. Our instrumental variable strategy exploits the geographical diffusion of fiscal rules across countries. The intuition is that reforms in neighboring countries may affect...

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Yazar: Caselli, Francesca
Diğer Yazarlar: Reynaud, Julien
Materyal Türü: Dergi
Dil:English
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Seri Bilgileri:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/049
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