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Public Preferences for Government Spending Priorities: Survey Evidence from Germany
Hayo, Bernd; Neumeier, Florian - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2014
Employing data from a representative survey conducted in Germany, this paper examines public preferences for the size … and composition of government expenditure. We focus on public attitudes toward taxes, public debt incurrence, and public …, political ideology, and time preference are significantly related to individual attitudes toward public spending, taxes, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960032
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Getting Back on Track: Restoring Fiscal Sustainability in Ireland
Haugh, David - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
Paper relates to the 2011 OECD Economic Survey of Ireland (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/ireland).<P>Rétablir la viabilité …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364451
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Ensuring Debt Sustainability Amid Strong Economic Uncertainty in Hungary
Beynet, Pierre; Kierzenkowski, Rafal - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
side and avoid raising distortive taxes. Third, the fiscal framework should be improved by making fiscal rules less pro … enlarged mandate, while removing its power to veto the budget. This Working Paper relates to the 2012 OECD Economic Survey of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276894
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The Golden Rule of Public Finance: A Panacea?
Ismihan, Mustafa; Özkan, F. Gülçin - In: Ekonomi-tek - International Economics Journal 1 (2012) 2, pp. 1-20
The fiscal stimulus packages that were put in place in the wake of the recent global financial crisis consisted of massive public investment spending. Moreover, substantial increases in public debt levels in the aftermath of the crisis have highlighted the importance of fiscal discipline and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010697214
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States, Banks, and the Financing of the Economy: Fiscal Policy and Sovereign Risk Perspectives
Egger, Peter H.; Afonso, Antonio; Jalles, Joao Tovar; … - SUERF - The European Money and Finance Forum
On 5-6 September 2012 SUERF held its 30th Colloquium “States, Banks, and the Financing of the Economy” at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. The papers included in this SUERF Study are based on contributions to the Colloquium. All the chapters in this publication discuss from different...
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Public investment: a remedy or a curse? Examining the Role of Public Investment for Macroeconomic Performance
Ismihan, Mustafa; Ozkan, F Gulcin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
This paper explores the implications of public investment for macroeconomic performance within a simple two-period policymaking model. We show that under the balanced-budget rule, the contribution of public investment to future output plays a key role in determining its effects on macroeconomic...
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Golden Rule of Public Finance: A Panacea?
Ismihan, M; Ozkan, G - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2008
This paper shows that adopting a golden rule does not guarantee that public investment will improve economic outcomes. Our results suggest that only when the rate of return on public capital is greater than the cost of public borrowing, expandingpublic investment is beneficial. Otherwise, both...
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Government and Growth
Zarin-Nejadan, Milad - Institut de recherches économiques (IRENE), Faculté … - 2011
public expenditures – especially those responding to market failures – tend to be favorable to growth, most taxes are growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278206
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The quality of public finances and economic growth
Barrios, Salvador; Schaechter, Andrea - Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs, … - 2008
Improving the quality of public finances (QPF) has become a new focus for European policy makers. This focus is largely a response to preparing the European economies for the dual challenge of ageing populations and increased exposure to global competition. At the EU level, the Stability and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008577516
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Endettement public et redistribution en France de 1980 à 2004.
Monnier, Jean-Marie; Tinel, Bruno - Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Paris 1 … - 2006
This article deals with public debt dynamics in France. It also analyses several contemporary debates such as Ricardian equivalence, sustainability and budget balance decomposition. Public deficit is not necessarily the result of a Keynesian type of expansionary fiscal policy. It can also stem...
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