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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954670403321

Autore

Akitoby Bernardin

Titolo

Fiscal Policy and Financial Markets / / Bernardin Akitoby, Thomas Stratmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9786613830715

9781462315512

1462315518

9781452766300

1452766304

9781283518260

1283518260

9781451908121

1451908121

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (26 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

StratmannThomas

Soggetti

Fiscal policy - Econometric models

Capital market

Current spending

Debt Management

Debt

Deflation

Economic & financial crises & disasters

Expenditure

Expenditures, Public

Financial Crises

Financial crises

Financial Risk Management

Fiscal consolidation

Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Other

Fiscal Policy

Fiscal policy

Inflation

International Financial Markets

Macroeconomics

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

Price Level

Prices



Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Sovereign Debt

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"January 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. PREVIOUS LITERATURE""; ""III. ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK""; ""IV. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

This paper introduces fiscal policy in a model of sovereign risk spreads ("spreads"). Using panel data from emerging market countries, we find that reductions in public expenditure are a more powerful tool for reducing spreads than increases in revenues. Specifically, cuts in current spending lower spreads by more than cuts in investment spending, and they also lower spreads by more than increases in revenue. We also show that debt-financed current spending increases sovereign risk by more than tax-financed current spending, suggesting that international investors have some preference for the latter. In line with the empirical literature on the determinants of spreads, we find that liquidity and solvency indicators, as well as macroeconomic fundamentals, are also important determinants of spreads.