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sustainability outcomes? We approach this question by looking at the evolution of fiscal sustainability in Poland, which is an … fiscal sustainability in Poland has significantly improved in the post-crisis period of 2009-2017: we detect both improvement … of the fiscal sustainability parameters and structural breaks in the fiscal outcomes after the crisis. Namely, in …
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In this paper, I demonstrate that an indicator which is commonly used to assess the long-term fiscal sustainability of … than the growth rate of GDP. I illustrate this finding based on simulations prepared for the Fifth Sustainability Report … sustainability, e.g., through demographic ageing …
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We evaluate the impact of government spending efficiency on fiscal sustainability for a panel of 35 OECD countries … the input efficiency scores obtained, countries’ fiscal balance and fiscal sustainability is directly improved by the use … revenues, which also improves fiscal sustainability. Specifically, rationalising public expenditures without jeopardising the …
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We examine the sustainability of public finances and its determinants for 19 Eurozone countries from 1995 to 2020. We …-varying coefficients, we find that fiscal sustainability increases with growth, fiscal balances and fiscal rules indices, and decreases …
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specifically on their degree of success, notably in terms of fiscal sustainability. The “need” to consolidate is based on having a … primary balance above or below the debt-stabilizing primary balance (provided by the IMF’s Debt Sustainability Analysis) for … each country. We then link the need for and the actual (historical) existence of fiscal adjustments to their sustainability …
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We apply non-linear error-correction models to the empirical testing of the sustainability of the government …
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This paper explores the role of political stability on fiscal policy choices in a time-series analysis over 158 years on the Swiss federal level. We argue that the fiscal-commons problem of public finances is affected by the time-horizon of a finance minister. Arguably, the incentives for an...
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This paper presents a review of the most significant fiscal rules policymakers can choose from. The insights from this review are then applied to the current budgetary situation of the European Union. In the European Union, the supranational Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) should provide the...
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Sustainability Council??that would actively bring financial markets into the fiscal-policy process, and we explain the technique …
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A windfall of natural resource revenue (or foreign aid) faces government with choices of how to manage public debt, investment, and the distribution of funds for consumption, particularly if the windfall is both anticipated and temporary. We show that the permanent income hypothesis prescription...
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