Rules-Based Fiscal Policy in Emerging Markets Background, Analysis, and Prospects

Inspired by the experience of some advanced economies, a number of emerging market economies have recently adopted rules limiting the budget deficit, expenditure level, or indebtedness of the public sector, while others consider them for eventual adoption. This volume brings together policy analysts...

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Other Authors: Kopits, George (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2004, 2004
Series:Procyclicality of Financial Systems in Asia
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Inspired by the experience of some advanced economies, a number of emerging market economies have recently adopted rules limiting the budget deficit, expenditure level, or indebtedness of the public sector, while others consider them for eventual adoption. This volume brings together policy analysts to discuss the rationale, suitability, and usefulness of fiscal policy rules in emerging market economies. Grouped under three main parts (political economy and macroeconomic setting; design issues at the national level; design issues at the subnational level), the chapters have a practical orientation, based on conceptual grounding
Physical Description:XIII, 286 p online resource
ISBN:9781137001573