Fiscal policy, stabilization, and growth :
Fiscal policy, stabilization, and growth : prudence or abstinence? /
edited by Guillermo E. Perry, Luis Serven and Rodrigo Suescun.
- Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2008.
- xx, 329 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Latin American development forum series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview: fiscal policy, economic fluctuations and growth / Guillermo Perry, Luis Serven, Rodrigo Suescun and Timothy Irwin -- Procyclical fiscal policy and volatility -- Fiscal discipline, volatility and growth / Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov -- The size and effectiveness of fiscal automatic stabilizers in Latin America / Rodrigo Suescun -- Fiscal federalism and procyclical spending: the cases of Argentina and Brazil / Federico Sturzenegger and Rogerio Werneck -- Fiscal rules and procyclicality / Guillermo Perry -- Fiscal policy and growth -- Fiscal discipline, public investment and growth / Luis Serven -- Incentives for public investment under fiscal rules / Jack Mintz and Michael Smart -- Improving the SGP through a proper accounting of public investment / Oliver Blanchard and Francesco Giavazzi -- Accrual accounting, long-term fiscal projections, and public investment / Timothy Irwin -- Growth and fiscal effects of infrastructure investment in Brazil / Pedro Cavalcanti Ferreira and Carlos Hamilton Vasconcelos Araujo.
9780821370841 0821370847 9780821370858 0821370855
2007034287
Fiscal policy--Latin America.
Finance, Public--Latin America.
Economic stabilization--Latin America.
Latin America--Economic policy.
HJ799.53 / .F574 2008
336.3098 / WOF 2008
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview: fiscal policy, economic fluctuations and growth / Guillermo Perry, Luis Serven, Rodrigo Suescun and Timothy Irwin -- Procyclical fiscal policy and volatility -- Fiscal discipline, volatility and growth / Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov -- The size and effectiveness of fiscal automatic stabilizers in Latin America / Rodrigo Suescun -- Fiscal federalism and procyclical spending: the cases of Argentina and Brazil / Federico Sturzenegger and Rogerio Werneck -- Fiscal rules and procyclicality / Guillermo Perry -- Fiscal policy and growth -- Fiscal discipline, public investment and growth / Luis Serven -- Incentives for public investment under fiscal rules / Jack Mintz and Michael Smart -- Improving the SGP through a proper accounting of public investment / Oliver Blanchard and Francesco Giavazzi -- Accrual accounting, long-term fiscal projections, and public investment / Timothy Irwin -- Growth and fiscal effects of infrastructure investment in Brazil / Pedro Cavalcanti Ferreira and Carlos Hamilton Vasconcelos Araujo.
9780821370841 0821370847 9780821370858 0821370855
2007034287
Fiscal policy--Latin America.
Finance, Public--Latin America.
Economic stabilization--Latin America.
Latin America--Economic policy.
HJ799.53 / .F574 2008
336.3098 / WOF 2008