Fiscal rules, inertia and discretionary fiscal policy /

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Author / Creator:Larch, Martin.
Imprint:Brussels : European Commission, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, 2003.
Description:22 p. : ill ; 30 cm.
Language:English
Series:Economic papers ; no.194
Economic papers (Brussels, Belgium) ; no. 194.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5151218
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Other authors / contributors:Salto, Matteo.
European Commission. Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs.
ISBN:9289464178
Notes:"October 2003."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 17-19)
Summary:In current practice, changes in the cyclically-adjusted budget balance (CAB) are generally interpreted as reflecting the effort of discretionary fiscal policy. This paper shows that such an interpretation is not a sufficiently accurate description of the behaviour of fiscal policy, and, in some cases, it may even conceal an important deficit bias.