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Fiscal condition of the public sector in Brazil: An analysis with an emphasis on the states in the North and Northeast regions of the country and on financing for rural development

Orair, Rodrigo Octávio; Gobetti, Sérgio Wulff; … - 2016

The goal of this study is to evaluate the fiscal condition of the Brazilian public sector, focusing on the situation of …. The paper comprises six sections, including this introduction. Section 2 presents a broader view of the fiscal condition …

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Fiscal condition of the public sector in Brazil : an analysis with an emphasis on the states in the North and Northeast regions of the country and on financing for rural developmen...

Orair, Rodrigo Octávio; Gobetti, Sérgio Wulff; … - 2016

"The goal of this study is to evaluate the fiscal condition of the Brazilian public sector, focusing on the situation … development. The paper comprises six sections, including this introduction. Section 2 presents a broader view of the fiscal … condition of the public sector, featuring consolidated fiscal indicators from each of the three government levels (central …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011460017

Pressure or Prudence? Tales of Market Pressure and Fiscal Adjustment

Dell'Erba, Salvatore; Mattina, Todd D.; Roitman, Agustin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

We study whether multiyear fiscal adjustment plans in 17 OECD countries during 1980-2011 have been associated with market pressure. We find that only a third (34 percent) of the consolidations occurred under market pressure, suggesting that market pressure is important but not the main element...

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Fiscal policy, structural reforms and external imbalances : a quantitative evaluation for Spain

Gavilán González, Ángel; Hernández de Cos, Pablo; … - 2011

Este artículo considera un modelo de generaciones solapadas, aplicado a una economía pequeña, abierta al comercio internacional y caracterizada por la existencia de competencia imperfecta en los mercados de bienes y de trabajo, para analizar: i) cuáles fueron los principales determinantes de...

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A New Action-Based Dataset of Fiscal Consolidation

Pescatori, Andrea; Leigh, Daniel; Guajardo, Jaime; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

This paper presents a new dataset of fiscal consolidation for 17 OECD economies during 1978-2009. We focus on discretionary changes in taxes and government spending primarily motivated by a desire to reduce the budget deficit and not by a response to prospective economic conditions. To identify...

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In Search of Lost Revenue; Why Restoring Fiscal Soundness After a Crisis is Harder Than it Looks

Miyazaki, Masato - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

This note argues that because fiscal deficit after a crisis owe much to a drop in tax revenues and a sluggish revenue growth, its adjustment has to rely more on revenue augmentation than commonly thought. Cutting extra spending in the wake of the crisis would not balance the book, while a...

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Fiscal Cycles in the Caribbean

Araujo, Juliana Dutra - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

The sharp increase in debt in the Caribbean since the mid-1990s has focused attention on the conduct of fiscal policy in the region. This paper aims to diagnose how fiscal policy has behaved during this period by looking at three main cycles of the economy: the business, election, and natural...

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