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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788698203321

Autore

Botman Dennis

Titolo

Options for Fiscal Consolidation in the United Kingdom / / Dennis Botman, Keiko Honjo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4623-5283-9

1-4527-5014-9

1-283-51613-6

1-4519-0884-9

9786613828583

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (24 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

HonjoKeiko

Soggetti

Fiscal policy - Great Britain - Econometric models

Finance, Public - Great Britain - Econometric models

Macroeconomics

Personal Finance -Taxation

Public Finance

Taxation

Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies

Debt

Debt Management

Sovereign Debt

Fiscal Policy

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

Public finance & taxation

Welfare & benefit systems

Public debt

Fiscal consolidation

Labor taxes

Personal income tax

Expenditure

Income tax

Debts, Public

Fiscal policy

Expenditures, Public

United Kingdom



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"March 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. THE MODEL AND CALIBRATION""; ""III. MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS OF ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF FISCAL CONSOLIDATION""; ""IV. SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS AND FISCAL POLICIES IN THE REST OF THE WORLD""; ""V. COMBINING FISCAL ADJUSTMENT AND TAX REFORM""; ""VI. CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

This paper examines the macroeconomic effects of different timing and composition of fiscal adjustment in the United Kingdom using the IMF’s Global Fiscal Model. Early consolidation dampens aggregate demand in the short term, but increases output in the long term as smaller primary surpluses are needed as a result of lower interest payments. Reducing government transfers or current government spending provides larger gains than increasing taxes, in particular compared to raising corporate or personal income taxes. We show that these conclusions are robust under alternative behavioral assumptions and parameterizations. A reduction in global saving would make early consolidation more urgent from both cyclical and long-term perspectives. Finally, we show that tax reform aimed at increasing incentives to save could provide support to fiscal consolidation measures.