Good, bad or ugly? On the effects of fiscal rules with creative accounting

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 377-394

  Milesi Ferretti, Gian Maria ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Budget deficits; Creative accounting; Fiscal rules; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142119316     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(02)00076-2     Document Type: Article

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