Format:
Online-Ressource (26 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
1455233153
,
9781455233151
Series Statement:
IMF Working Papers Working Paper No. 11/89
Content:
This paper analyzes past fiscal consolidation plans and their outcomes in France. It covers the early attempts at fiscal consolidation in the 1970s and the 1980s (Plan Barre and Virage de la Rigueur), the first episode of medium-term fiscal consolidation in 1994-97 ahead of joining the European Economic and Monetary Union, and the fiscal consolidation under the corrective arm of the European Stability and Growth Pact in 2003-07. These experiences offer important lessons for the future, suggesting that binding constraints help focus policymakers’ attention and justify their actions; spending restraint needs to be shared and coordinated across all levels of government; and appropriate deficit targets could help in enforcing budgetary discipline in good times
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Martin, Edouard France: Lessons from Past Fiscal Consolidation Plans Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011 ISBN 9781455233151
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5089/9781455233151.001
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