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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815959203321

Titolo

Fiscal policy, stabilization, and growth : prudence or abstinence? / / edited by Guillermo E. Perry, Luis Serven, and Rodrigo Suescun

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2008

ISBN

1-281-09985-6

9786611099855

0-8213-7085-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xx, 329 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Latin American development forum series

Altri autori (Persone)

PerryGuillermo

ServenLuis

SuescunRodrigo

Disciplina

336.3098

Soggetti

Fiscal policy - Latin America

Finance, Public - Latin America

Economic stabilization - Latin America

Latin America Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Overview: fiscal policy, economic fluctuations and growth / Guillermo Perry, Luis Serven, Rodrigo Suescun and Timothy Irwin -- Procyclical fiscal policy and volatility -- Fiscal discipline, volatility and growth / Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov -- The size and effectiveness of fiscal automatic stabilizers in Latin America / Rodrigo Suescun -- Fiscal federalism and procyclical spending: the cases of Argentina and Brazil / Federico Sturzenegger and Rogerio Werneck -- Fiscal rules and procyclicality / Guillermo Perry -- Fiscal policy and growth -- Fiscal discipline, public investment and growth / Luis Serven -- Incentives for public investment under fiscal rules / Jack Mintz and Michael Smart -- Improving the SGP through a proper accounting of public investment / Oliver Blanchard and Francesco Giavazzi -- Accrual accounting, long-term fiscal projections, and public investment / Timothy Irwin -- Growth and fiscal effects of infrastructure investment in Brazil / Pedro Cavalcanti Ferreira and Carlos Hamilton Vasconcelos Araujo.

Sommario/riassunto

Fiscal policy in Latin America has been guided primarily by short-term



liquidity targets whose observance was taken as the main exponent of fiscal prudence, with attention focused almost exclusively on the levels of public debt and the cash deficit. Very little attention was paid to the effects of fiscal policy on growth and on macroeconomic volatility over the cycle. Important issues such as the composition of public expenditures (and its effects on growth), the ability of fiscal policy to stabilize cyclical fluctuations, and the currency composition of public debt were largely neglected. As