Fiscal policy, stabilization, and growth
Subtitle: prudence or abstinence?
By: edited by Guillermo E. Perry, Luis Serven, and Rodrigo Suescun
Contributors: Perry, Guillermo; Serven, Luis; Suescun, Rodrigo
Series: Latin American development forum series
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9780821370841; 9780821370858
Subjects: Fiscal policy -- Latin America; Finance, Public -- Latin America; Economic stabilization -- Latin America; Latin America -- Economic policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Overview: fiscal policy, economic fluctuations and growth / Guillermo Perry, Luis Serven, Rodrigo Suescun and Timothy Irwin; title: Procyclical fiscal policy and volatility; title: Fiscal discipline, volatility and growth / Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov; title: The size and effectiveness of fiscal automatic stabilizers in Latin America / Rodrigo Suescun; title: Fiscal federalism and procyclical spending: the cases of Argentina and Brazil / Federico Sturzenegger and Rogerio Werneck; title: Fiscal rules and procyclicality / Guillermo Perry; title: Fiscal policy and growth; title: Fiscal discipline, public investment and growth / Luis Serven; title: Incentives for public investment under fiscal rules / Jack Mintz and Michael Smart; title: Improving the SGP through a proper accounting of public investment / Oliver Blanchard and Francesco Giavazzi; title: Accrual accounting, long-term fiscal projections, and public investment / Timothy Irwin; title: Growth and fiscal effects of infrastructure investment in Brazil / Pedro Cavalcanti Ferreira and Carlos Hamilton Vasconcelos Araujo