Martin, Edouard; Yakadina, Irina; Tytell, Irina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
the corrective arm of the European Stability and Growth Pact in 2003-07. These experiences offer important lessons for the …This paper analyzes past fiscal consolidation plans and their outcomes in France. It covers the early attempts at … fiscal consolidation in the 1970s and the 1980s (Plan Barre and Virage de la Rigueur), the first episode of medium …