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| Other authors / contributors: | Devries, Pete, author.
International Monetary Fund, publisher.
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| ISBN: | 1462340504
9781462340507
1462346561
9781462346561
1283552302
9781283552301
9786613864758
6613864757
1462307213
9781462307210
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| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
English.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 25, 2014).
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| Summary: | This paper presents a new dataset of fiscal consolidation for 17 OECD economies during 1978-2009. We focus on discretionary changes in taxes and government spending primarily motivated by a desire to reduce the budget deficit and not by a response to prospective economic conditions. To identify the motivation and budgetary impact of the fiscal policy changes, we examine contemporaneous policy documents, including Budgets, Budget Speeches, central bank reports, Convergence and Stability Programs submitted by the authorities to the European Commission, and IMF and OECD reports. The resulting ser.
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| Other form: | 1-4552-6440-7
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