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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961922303321

Autore

Eskesen Leif

Titolo

The Role for Counter-Cyclical Fiscal Policy in Singapore / / Leif Eskesen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

9786612842306

9781462308361

1462308368

9781452795485

1452795487

9781282842304

1282842307

9781451871555

1451871554

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (18 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Disciplina

339.015195

Soggetti

Fiscal policy - Singapore

Economic policy

Diffusion Processes

Dynamic Quantile Regressions

Dynamic Treatment Effect Models

Econometric analysis

Econometrics & economic statistics

Econometrics

Expenditure

Expenditures, Public

Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: General

Fiscal Policy

Fiscal policy

Fiscal stimulus

Macroeconomics

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Revenue administration

Revenue

State Space Models

Structural vector autoregression

Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General



Time-Series Models

Singapore

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.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Cross-Country Evidence on the Counter-cyclical Role of Fiscal Policy; Figures; 1. Fiscal Multipliers from SVAR and Macroeconometric Models- Cross-Country Evidence; III. The Counter-cyclical Role of Fiscal Policy in Singapore; A. Empirical Approach; B. Empirical Results; 2. Fiscal Multipliers-SVAR Results; 3. Fiscal Multipliers-SVAR Results; IV. The Role for Fiscal Policy in the Current Downturn; V. Concluding Remarks; References

Sommario/riassunto

Singapore's policymakers have often used fiscal policy as a counter-cyclical tool. Empirical results based on a structural autoregression framework suggest that fiscal policy can be used for demand management, although the impact may be somewhat short lived. The short-lived impact could reflect a number of factors, including the absence of credit-constrained economic agents, a high propensity to save among households, monetary focus on price stability, and leakages due to economic openness. Notwithstanding, fiscal policy should still play a key stabilizing role in the current downturn given the downside risks to growth and the vast fiscal space.