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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| Idioma: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2019.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2019/049 |
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| Acceso en liña: | Full text available on IMF |