The distributional effects of fiscal consolidation /
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Author / Creator: | Ball, Laurence M., author. |
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Imprint: | [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, 2013. |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Language: | English |
Series: | IMF working paper ; WP/13/151 IMF working paper ; WP/13/151. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12502019 |
Summary: | This paper examines the distributional effects of fiscal consolidation. Using episodes of fiscal consolidation for a sample of 17 OECD countries over the period 1978-2009, we find that fiscal consolidation has typically had significant distributional effects by raising inequality, decreasing wage income shares and increasing long-term unemployment. The evidence also suggests that spending-based adjustments have had, on average, larger distributional effects than tax-based adjustments. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 1299746543 9781299746541 9781475567205 1475567200 9781475551945 1475551940 9781589069237 1589069234 |