The phasing of fiscal adjustments: What works in emerging market economies?

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 612-631

  Baldacci, Emanuele ^a   Clements, Benedict ^b   Gupta, Sanjeev ^b   Mulas Granados, Carlos ^c  

^a National Institute of Statistics   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^c Economic Office of the President   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISCAL REFORM; MARKET SYSTEM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 33750131696     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2006.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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