Title: Fiscal sustainability in theory and practice : a handbook /
Authors: Burnside, Craig
Publisher: World Bank,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Finance, Public Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Budget Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Fiscal policy Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Abstract: "This handbook is a highly organized and easily accessible reference for both seasoned practitioners and those previously unfamiliar with fiscal sustainability analysis. Whether working in economic development or studying at the undergraduate or graduate level in economics or public policy, the reader will find this volume an invaluable tool."--Jacket.
Contents: Ch. 1. An introduction to fiscal sustainability in theory and practice / Craig Burnside -- Ch. 2. Theoretical prerequisites for fiscal sustainability analysis / Craig Burnside -- Ch. 3. Some tools for fiscal sustainability analysis / Craig Burnside -- Ch. 4. Debt and debt indicators in the measurement of vulnerability / Punam Chuhan -- Ch. 5. Cyclical adjustment of the budget surplus : concepts and measurement issues / Craig Burnside and Yuliya Meshcheryakova -- Ch. 6. Mexico : a case study of procyclical fiscal policy / Craig Burnside and Yuliya Meshcheryakova -- Ch. 7. Chile's fiscal rule / Norbert Fiess -- Ch. 8. Currency crises and fiscal sustainability / Craig Burnside, Martin Eichenbaum and Sergio Rebelo -- Ch. 9. Financing the costs of currency crises / Craig Burnside, Martin Eichenbaum and Sergio Rebelo.