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...

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...

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...

This paper makes a quantitative assessment of possible reforms to the Chilean tax system. The simulations are based on a recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium model that is calibrated with the input-output matrix 2003. For each scenario is considered a cut effective rate of value...