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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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In this paper, we extend Henning Bohn's (2008) fiscal sustainability test by allowing for slope heterogeneity and cross … sustainability criteria. According to our results, politicians have significantly reacted to increasing debt levels by increasing …
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We examine whether US and German state governments pursue sustainable fiscal policies taking into account fiscal transfers. Using panel data techniques we investigate whether the debt-to-GDP ratio had a positive influence on the primary surplus (Bohn-model). We show that including/excluding...
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This paper provides new evidence on the sustainability of public finances in German states (Laender) by exploiting a … newly compiled database covering the years 1950 - 2011. Unlike previous studies on Germany, we analyze fiscal sustainability …
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We use a 3-step analysis to assess the sustainability of public finances in the EU27. Firstly, we perform the SURADF … sustainability is an issue in most countries, with a below unit estimated coefficient of expenditure in the cointegration relation …. -- Fiscal sustainability ; EU ; panel cointegration …
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We examine the relationship between inflation and fiscal sustainability with a two-step approach. In the first step, we … estimate to estimate a country-specific time-varying measure of fiscal sustainability using the fiscal reaction function. This … estimate of fiscal sustainability found previously. Our findings indicate that higher inflation rates contribute positively to …
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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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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 assess the link between fiscal sustainability coefficients, namely the responses of the primary government balance … sustainability by positively influencing the responsiveness of the primary and global government balances; the responses of the …-relationship between the fiscal sustainability coefficients. …
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This paper explores the nuanced relationship between fiscal decentralization and fiscal sustainability. Employing panel … offer significant policy insights for fiscal sustainability in varied administrative contexts. …
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