Chipping away at public debt : sources of failure and keys to success in fiscal adjustment /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Mauro, Paolo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2011]
• Θέματα: Debts, Public.; Fiscal policy.; Budget deficits.; Government spending policy.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Public Finance.; Electronic books.

Written and researched by a team of experts from the International Monetary Fund, other policy-making institutions, and academia, this timely book looks at fiscal adjustment plans in advanced economies, comparing the planned or projected reductions in debts and deficits to the actual outcomes, and e...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Canada: a success story / Cemile Sancak, Lucy Qian Liu, and Taisuke Nakata
• 2. United States: the quest for fiscal discipline / Jiri Jonas
• 3. France: virtue and fortune / Edouard Martin, Irina Tytell, and Irina Yakadina
• 4. Germany: fiscal adjustment attempts with and without reforms / Christian Breuer, Jan Gottschalk, and Anna Ivanova
• 5. United Kingdom: four chancellors facing challenges / Toni Ahnert, Richard Hughes, and Keiko Takahashi
• 6. Italy: medium-term fiscal planning under frequent government changes / Fabrizio Balassone, Sandro Momigliano, and Pietro Rizza
• 7. Japan: fiscal adjustment plans and macroeconomic shocks / Keiko Takahashi and Kiichi Tokuoka
• 8. The performance of large fiscal adjustment plans in the European Union: a cross-country statistical analysis / S. Ali Abbas [and others]
• 9. Conclusion.