The aim of the paper is to evaluate the redistributive and stabilizing functions of the Spanish budget through the automatic stabilizers, applying methodologies developed by the literature about the economic effects of the fiscal federations. An analysis at an autonomous region level for the...

Spanish Abstract: Este documento busca identificar las variables financieras que explican la situación de fracaso empresarial de la pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en Colombia. Para alcanzar este fin, se tomaron los resultados financieros de todas las empresas que están obligadas a reportar...

En el Marco Fiscal de Mediano Plazo de 2008 se afirma que buena parte de losrecursos provenientes del reciente choque petrolero se destinaron a la financiación delsubsidio a los combustibles. En este documento se contrasta esta afirmación mediante elcálculo del efecto del choque petrolero...

En el Marco Fiscal de Mediano Plazo de 2008 se afirma que buena parte de los recursos provenientes del reciente choque petrolero se destinaron a la financiación del subsidio a los combustibles. En este documento se contrasta esta afirmación mediante el cálculo del efecto del choque petrolero...

English Abstract: The main proposals for the reform of the European Union’s fiscal policy framework affect three blocks of issues: (i) simplifying the rules to make them more transparent and flexible; (ii) incorporating new supranational risk-sharing instruments into the Economic and Monetary...

Fiscal rules enhance the credibility of economic policy, allow countercyclical and sustainable fiscal policies, and contribute to macroeconomic stability and economic growth. The Colombian government has used fiscal rules to limit the growth of expenditure and the indebtedness of sub-national...

Las reglas fiscales aumentan la credibilidad en la política económica, permiten unmanejo fiscal contracíclico y sostenible intertemporalmente, y contribuyen a laestabilidad y al crecimiento económico. El gobierno colombiano ha usado reglasfiscales para limitar el crecimiento del gasto y el...

In this paper we extend the neoclassical model presented by Baxter and King (1993) to evaluate the effects of two alternative fiscal policy rules on the business cycle. The rules we analyze are similar to those implemented in practice by some countries, such as: limits to the structural fiscal...

Tax expenditures are generally defined as those government expenditures carried out through tax legislation, regulations, and practices that reduce or defer taxes for some taxpayers. There is a general concern that the tax expenditures negatively affect the budget and tax policies, which in turn...