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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970188303321

Autore

Lundback Erik

Titolo

Medium-Term Budgetary Frameworks - Lessons for Austria from International Experience / / Erik Lundback

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

ISBN

9786612841149

9781462389094

1462389090

9781451987287

1451987285

9781282841147

1282841149

9781451870213

1451870213

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/163

Disciplina

339.52

Soggetti

Fiscal policy - Austria

Budget process - Austria

Fiscal policy

Budget planning and preparation

Budget Systems

Budget

Budgeting & financial management

Budgeting

Expenditure

Expenditures, Public

Fiscal Policy

Fiscal rules

Forecasts of Budgets, Deficits, and Debt

Macroeconomics

Medium-term budget frameworks

National Budget

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Austria



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. The Austrian Medium-Term Budgetary Framework -- III. Medium-Term Budgetary Frameworks in Other Countries -- A. Why Have Countries Introduced MTBFs? -- B. The General Experience with MTBFs -- C. Key Aspects of the Experience of Other Countries -- IV. Implications for Austria -- Box -- 1. The Austrian Internal Stability Pact and the Revenue-Sharing Act -- Figures -- 1. Austria: Fiscal Developments, 1990-2007 -- 2. Australia and New Zealand: Fiscal Developments, 1990-2007 -- 3. The Netherlands and Sweden: Fiscal Developments, 1990-2007 -- 4. The United Kingdom: Fiscal Developments, 1990-2007 -- 5. Canada and Denmark: Fiscal Developments, 1990-2007 -- 6. Selected Industrialized Countries' General Government Balance, 1998-2007 -- 7. General Government Balances and GDP Growth Rates, 1998-2007 -- References -- Appendix -- Brief Overview of Medium-Term Budgetary Frameworks in Other Countries.

Sommario/riassunto

The Austrian government is about to introduce a new fiscal management framework. The first step is to introduce a medium-term budgetary framework, including an expenditure rule. The paper focuses on this first step. The purpose is to describe and evaluate the Austrian model in light of other countries' experiences with their frameworks. An attempt is made to identify features that have proven to be effective elsewhere and that can be applied to the Austrian case. The paper also identifies potential challenges and possible trade-offs when implementing the framework.