This paper estimates the macroeconomic effects of fiscal consolidations in sub-Saharan Africa using a newly constructed narrative dataset of discretionary fiscal policy actions for 14 countries over 1990–2024. The dataset, documented in Abdel-Latif et. al. (2025), identifies fiscal measures...

70 Years of fiscal policy in China : phases, lessons, and future outlooks -- Fiscal policy in the early years of the people's republic of china : 1949-1957 -- Fiscal policy during the planned economy era : 1958-1977 -- Fiscal policy in the early market-oriented reform period : 1978-1991 --...

Thailand's 2024 excise tax reform aimed to stimulate the tourism economy through the elimination of import tariffs and the reduction in excise rates on wine. This study evaluates the causal economic and distributional impacts of this policy intervention. The analysis employs a quasi-experimental...