What sustains fiscal consolidations in emerging market countries?

International Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-321

  Gupta, Sanjeev ^a   Baldacci, Emanuele ^a   Clements, Benedict ^a   Tiongson, Erwin R ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; Fiscal adjustment; Fiscal consolidation; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

DEBT; FINANCIAL MARKET; STOCK MARKET; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 26944498986     PISSN: 10769307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijfe.274     Document Type: Article

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