Fiscal Sustainability in Theory and Practice : A Handbook

The handbook is organized around three themes: (i) basic theory and tools for everyday use, (ii) the effects of business cycles on public finance and the role of fiscal rules, and (iii) crises and their impact on fiscal sustainability. The first th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burrnside, Craig
Format: Publication
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:
GNP
TAX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/7564363/fiscal-sustainability-theory-practice
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7495
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Summary:The handbook is organized around three themes: (i) basic theory and tools for everyday use, (ii) the effects of business cycles on public finance and the role of fiscal rules, and (iii) crises and their impact on fiscal sustainability. The first theme is central to the book's purpose of bringing the basic theoretical literature together, along with a set of examples used to illustrate particular methods of analysis. The second and third themes develop the topic of fiscal sustainability further, by extending it to topics at the forefront of policy debates in the recent past.