The Rewards of Fiscal Consolidation : Sovereign Spreads and Confidence Effects /

This paper investigates the effects of fiscal consolidation announcements on sovereign spreads in a panel of 21 emerging market economies during 2000-18. We construct a novel dataset using a global news database to identify the precise announcement date of fiscal consolidation actions. Our results s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: David, Antonio
Other Authors: Guajardo, Jaime, Yepez, Juan
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/141
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