Fiscal volatility, financial crises and growth

We use a panel of developed and emerging countries for the period 1970-2008 to assess how fiscal policy volatility and financial crises affect growth. We find that economic growth is lower in the presence of more volatile fiscal policy. Moreover, with a financial crisis government spending is sticki...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Afonso, António (author)
Outros Autores: Jalles, João Tovar (author)
Formato: workingPaper
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2012
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/4147
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/4147