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Expenditure Rules: Effective Tools for Sound Fiscal Policy?

By Till Cordes, Tidiane Kinda, Priscilla S Muthoora, Anke Weber

February 12, 2015

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Till Cordes, Tidiane Kinda, Priscilla S Muthoora, and Anke Weber. Expenditure Rules: Effective Tools for Sound Fiscal Policy?, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2015) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

This paper provides new evidence on the effectiveness of expenditure rules. The analysis is based on a unique dataset covering all countries with national and supranational fiscal rules, including 33 expenditure rules, between 1985 and 2013. It contributes to the existing literature on fiscal rules in two main ways. First, it is the most comprehensive assessment of compliance with rules and of the potential role of expenditure rules, in particular regarding long-term sustainability. Second, it analyzes whether expenditure rules are associated with changes in public investment and its efficiency.

Subject: Expenditure, Fiscal policy, Fiscal rules, Fiscal stance, Public investment spending

Keywords: Country, Debt rule, Expenditure cap, Expenditure constraint, Expenditure pressure, Expenditure rule, Expenditure rules, Expenditure target, Expenditure targets in Israel, Fiscal governance, Fiscal policy, Fiscal rules, Fiscal stance, Global, Growth rule, Implementation of an expenditure rule, National expenditure, Public investment spending, Rule, Rule characteristic, Rule index, Rules versus discretion, Stabilization, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    29

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2015/029

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2015029

  • ISBN:

    9781498390576

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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