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This paper provides an overview of what economists know, or what they think they know about the effects of government deficits and debt on economic performance. It starts by introducing the government's budget constraint and proceeds to address the possible justifications for the issuance of...
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In 1999, Cavaco Silva, the Portuguese Prime Minister from 1985 to 1995, proposed a comprehensive tax reform package, which is to this day the basic reference in the tax policy debate in Portugal. A tax shock would consist of 4pp cuts in the corporate income tax and in the firms social security...
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Notwithstanding the recent reforms, there is a consensus amongst international organizations that in Portugal both Social Security and the civil servants' pension scheme (the CGA) continue to be financially unsustainable over the long term. This paper focuses on Social Security (the private...
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