Breaking the Impediments to Budgetary Reforms : Evidence from Europe /

Under what conditions are budget institutions likely to be strengthened? We find that fiscal deficits do not help in focusing policymakers on undertaking reforms. To the contrary, the larger the deficit, the lower is the likelihood of reforms. Large deficits apparently imply strong claims on the bud...

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Main Author: Mody, Ashoka
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Other Authors: Fabrizio, Stefania
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008
Series:IMF Working Papers.
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