Options for Fiscal Consolidation in the United Kingdom / / Dennis Botman, Keiko Honjo

• Autore: Botman Dennis
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (24 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Fiscal policy - Great Britain - Econometric models; Finance, Public - Great Britain - Econometric models; Macroeconomics; Personal Finance -Taxation; Public Finance; Taxation; Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt; Fiscal Policy; National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General; Public finance & taxation; Welfare & benefit systems; Public debt; Fiscal consolidation; Labor taxes; Personal income tax; Expenditure; Income tax; Debts, Public; Fiscal policy; Expenditures, Public
• Soggetto geografico: United Kingdom
• Altri autori: HonjoKeiko
• Note generali: "March 2006."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. THE MODEL AND CALIBRATION""; ""III. MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS OF ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF FISCAL CONSOLIDATION""; ""IV. SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS AND FISCAL POLICIES IN THE REST OF THE WORLD""; ""V. COMBINING FISCAL ADJUSTMENT AND TAX REFORM""; ""VI. CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""
• Sommario/riassunto: This paper examines the macroeconomic effects of different timing and composition of fiscal adjustment in the United Kingdom using the IMF’s Global Fiscal Model. Early consolidation dampens aggregate demand in the short term, but increases output in the long term as smaller primary surpluses are needed as a result of lower interest payments. Reducing government transfers or current government spending provides larger gains than increasing taxes, in particular compared to raising corporate or personal income taxes. We show that these conclusions are robust under alternative behavioral assumptions and parameterizations. A reduction in global saving would make early consolidation more urgent from both cyclical and long-term perspectives. Finally, we show that tax reform aimed at increasing incentives to save could provide support to fiscal consolidation measures.
• Titolo autorizzato: Options for Fiscal Consolidation in the United Kingdom
• ISBN: 1-4623-5283-9; 1-4527-5014-9; 1-283-51613-6; 1-4519-0884-9; 9786613828583
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788698203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; ; No. 2006/089