Fiscal policy, stabilization, and growth : prudence or abstinence? / / edited by Guillermo E. Perry, Luis Serven, and Rodrigo Suescun.

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Superior document:Latin American development forum series
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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:Latin American development forum.
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Physical Description:xx, 329 p. :; ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • Overview: fiscal policy, economic fluctuations and growth / Guillermo Perry, Luis Serven, Rodrigo Suescun and Timothy Irwin
  • Procyclical fiscal policy and volatility
  • Fiscal discipline, volatility and growth / Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov
  • The size and effectiveness of fiscal automatic stabilizers in Latin America / Rodrigo Suescun
  • Fiscal federalism and procyclical spending: the cases of Argentina and Brazil / Federico Sturzenegger and Rogerio Werneck
  • Fiscal rules and procyclicality / Guillermo Perry
  • Fiscal policy and growth
  • Fiscal discipline, public investment and growth / Luis Serven
  • Incentives for public investment under fiscal rules / Jack Mintz and Michael Smart
  • Improving the SGP through a proper accounting of public investment / Oliver Blanchard and Francesco Giavazzi
  • Accrual accounting, long-term fiscal projections, and public investment / Timothy Irwin
  • Growth and fiscal effects of infrastructure investment in Brazil / Pedro Cavalcanti Ferreira and Carlos Hamilton Vasconcelos Araujo.