The fiscal performance of the States in India has been an area of concern for quite some time. The Twelfth Finance Commission (TFC) recommended a three-pronged strategy to alleviate States' fiscal distress, built around greater orientation toward market discipline, incentives for fiscal...

This paper examines the macroeconomic effects of different timing and composition of fiscal adjustment in the United Kingdom using the IMF’s Global Fiscal Model. Early consolidation dampens aggregate demand in the short term, but increases output in the long term as smaller primary...

We explore the underlying determinants of the macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy and tax and social security reform using the Global Fiscal Model (GFM). We show that the planning horizon of consumers, access to financial markets, and the elasticity of labor supply, as well as the...

China weathered the global financial crisis better than most, thanks to a large and timely stimulus. This stimulus, however, was mainly in the form of off-budget infrastructure spending and thus not visible in the headline fiscal data. We construct a time series for the augmented fiscal deficit...

This paper discusses possible medium-term public debt targets for India, based on evidence from the economic literature on prudent levels of public debt and the feasibility for the country to meet a particular target over the next 5-6 years. While recognizing the challenges in determining an...

Europa leidet noch immer unter einer erdrückenden Schuldenlast. Sieben Jahre nach Beginn der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise ringen daher zahlreiche Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union um ihren fiskalpolitischen Kurs. Auf der einen Seite steht die Forderung, den begonnenen, an Strukturreformen...

Zum ersten Mal seit vier Jahrzehnten ist der Bundeshaushalt im vergangenen Haushaltsjahr 2014 ohne neue Schulden ausgekommen. Bereits ein Jahr früher als geplant konnte der Bundesfinanzminister daher zu Beginn des Jahres 2015 das Erreichen der "schwarzen Null" im Bundeshaushalt verkünden....