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1 Online-Ressource (24 pages)
Serie:
IMF Working Papers no. 13, 151
Inhalt:
This paper examines the distributional effects of fiscal consolidation. Using episodes of fiscal consolidation for a sample of 17 OECD countries over the period 1978-2009, we find that fiscal consolidation has typically had significant distributional effects by raising inequality, decreasing wage income shares and increasing long-term unemployment. The evidence also suggests that spending-based adjustments have had, on average, larger distributional effects than tax-based adjustments
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ball, Laurence The Distributional Effects of Fiscal Consolidation Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021 ISBN 9781475551945
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.5089/9781475551945.001
Mehr zum Autor:
Loungani, Prakash 1959-
Mehr zum Autor:
Ball, Laurence M. 1959-
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