Gollwitzer, Sophia; Kvintradze, Eteri; Prakash, Tej; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
public external debt outcomes; and countries with stronger fiscal institutions have better scope to conduct countercyclical … to different institutional arrangements that deliver good fiscal performance. Using the constructed indices, the paper … provides preliminary empirical support for the hypotheses that strong budget institutions help improve fiscal balances and …