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Fiscal Policy and Macroeconomic Imbalances

Baldacci, Emanuele; Gupta, Sanjeev; Mulas-Granados, Carlos - Banca d'Italia - 2014

from 4 to 6 April 2013. The workshop focused on the link between fiscal policy and macroeconomic imbalances and comprised … four sessions. The first session concentrated on the interaction between fiscal policy and macroeconomic imbalances. The … contributed to increase fiscal and financial tensions. The third session scrutinized fiscal policy with an eye to the inequalities …

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Fiscal Consequences of Armed Conflict and Terrorism in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Gupta, Sanjeev; Clements, Benedict; Bhattacharya, Rina; … - 2021

This paper analyses the fiscal effects of armed conflict and terrorism on low- and middle-income countries. An analysis of 22 conflict episodes shows that armed conflict is associated with lower growth and higher inflation and has adverse effects on tax revenues and investment. It also leads to...

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Debt Reduction, Fiscal Adjustment, and Growth in Credit-Constrained Economies

Baldacci, Emanuele - 2013

This paper assesses the effects of fiscal consolidations associated with public debt reduction on medium-term output growth during periods of private debt deleveraging. The analysis covers 107 countries and 79 episodes of public debt reduction driven by discretionary fiscal adjustments during...

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Does Conditionality Mitigate the Potential Negative Effect of Aid on Revenues?

Crivelli, Ernesto - 2016

This paper assesses whether conditionality in IMF-supported programs has helped offset the potential negative effect of foreign aid on tax revenues. The analysis - carried out on panel data covering 1993-2012 for 111 low- and middle-income countries - shows that growing use of revenue...

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Does Conditionality in IMF-Supported Programs Promote Revenue Reform?

Crivelli, Ernesto - 2015

This paper studies whether revenue conditionality in Fund-supported programs had any impact on the revenue performance of 126 low- and middle-income countries during 1993-2013. The results indicate that such conditionality had a positive impact on tax revenue, with strongest improvement felt on...

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Enhancing effective utilization of aid in fragile states

Gupta, Sanjeev - 2008

This paper explores the macroeconomic implications of aid flows in countries with weak institutions. It argues that these countries should take into account their overall macroeconomic position, their capacity to absorb aid at the sectoral and subnational levels, and the strength of their fiscal...

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Sustaining Growth Accelerations and Pro-Poor Growth in Africa

Pattillo, Catherine A. - 2006

such areas as fiscal policy, financial development, or institutions and growth. Fourth, it reviews recent evidence …

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New Evidence on Fiscal Adjustment and Growth in Transition Economies

Simone, Alejandro S. - 2006

This paper analyzes the relationship between fiscal adjustment and real GDP growth in a panel of 26 transition economies during 1992-2001. Unlike most previous studies using cross-country regressions, the paper finds a positive and statistically significant relationship between fiscal adjustment...

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Real and Distributive Effects of Petroleum Price Liberalization : The Case of Indonesia

Clements, Benedict - 2006

The impact of higher petroleum prices on the aggregate price level, real growth, and income distribution is appraised within a multisector computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. A reduction in the government subsidy raises petroleum prices and production costs throughout the economy....

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Expenditure Composition, Fiscal Adjustment, and Growth in Low-Income Countries

Gupta, Sanjeev - 2006

This paper assesses the effects of expenditure composition as well as fiscal adjustment on economic growth in a sample of 39 low-income countries during the 1990s. The paper finds that strong budgetary positions and fiscal consolidation are generally associated with higher economic growth in...

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