03897nam 2200709 a 450 991081595920332120200520144314.01-281-09985-697866110998550-8213-7085-510.1596/978-0-8213-7084-1(CKB)1000000000480601(EBL)459684(OCoLC)290490770(SSID)ssj0000086891(PQKBManifestationID)11110432(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086891(PQKBWorkID)10031064(PQKB)11295013(MiAaPQ)EBC459684(Au-PeEL)EBL459684(CaPaEBR)ebr10197133(CaONFJC)MIL109985(The World Bank)167499830(The World Bank)166368184(The World Bank)ocn167499830(US-djbf)14981929(EXLCZ)99100000000048060120070827d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFiscal policy, stabilization, and growth prudence or abstinence? /edited by Guillermo E. Perry, Luis Serven, and Rodrigo Suescun1st ed.Washington, D.C. World Bankc2008xx, 329 pages illustrations ;23 cmLatin American development forum seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-7084-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 Latin American development forum.Fiscal policyLatin AmericaFinance, PublicLatin AmericaEconomic stabilizationLatin AmericaLatin AmericaEconomic policyFiscal policyFinance, PublicEconomic stabilization336.3098Perry Guillermo464641Serven Luis375125Suescun Rodrigo1646069MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815959203321Fiscal policy, stabilization, and growth3992885UNINA