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Macroeconomic uncertainties, prudent debt targets and fiscal rules

Fall, Falilou; Fournier, Jean-Marc - 2015

The sharp rise in debt experienced by most OECD countries raises questions about the prudent debt level countries should target. It also raises questions about the fiscal frameworks needed to reach them and to accommodate cyclical fluctuations along the path towards a prudent debt target. The...

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Limits to government debt sustainability

Fournier, Jean-Marc; Fall, Falilou - 2015

The recent euro area sovereign debt crisis has shown the importance of market reactions for the sustainability of debt. The objective of this paper is to calculate endogenous government debt limits given the markets assessment of the probability to default. The estimated primary balance reaction...

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Improving public sector efficiency for more inclusive growth in Latvia

Klein, Caroline; Price, Robert W. - 2015

to achieve convergence of policy outcomes to OECD upper standards is challenging. Efficiency gains in the tax system … could bring additional revenues. The tax base should be expanded by reducing informality, strengthening tax administration … unemployment and income inequality, the tax-benefit system should also be revised as it is now relatively regressive and the tax …

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Improving the fiscal framework to enhance growth in an era of fiscal consolidation in Slovakia

Klein, Caroline; Price, Robert W.; Wörgötter, Andreas - 2013

. Raising the effectiveness of tax collection, reforming the tax structure towards less distortive taxes and making more out of …

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OECD forecasts during and after the financial crisis : a post mortem

Pain, Nigel; Lewis, Christine; Dang, Thai Thanh; Jin, Yosuke - 2014

This paper assesses the OECD’s projections for GDP growth and inflation during the global financial crisis and recovery, focussing on lessons that can be learned. The projections repeatedly over-estimated growth, failing to anticipate the extent of the slowdown and later the weak pace of the...

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