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 to changes in government spending. Next, we make use of so-called government spending efficiency scores, which …

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 to changes in government spending. Next, we make use of so-called government spending efficiency scores, which …

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 …