The relevance of fiscal rules for fiscal and yield developments

Numerical fiscal rules mitigate the bias of pro-cyclicality, as an alternative to discretionary measures conducted by policy makers. We assess whether fiscal rules impact budget balances and sovereign yields, and we perform a simulation exercise to compute debt developments of EU countries, assuming...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Afonso, António (author)
Outros Autores: Guimarães, Ana Sofia (author)
Formato: workingPaper
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2014
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/7432
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/7432