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The past several years of recession and slow recovery have raised much interest on the effect of fiscal stimulus on economic activity, even as high public debts

We estimate the short-term effects of fiscal consolidation on economic activity in 14 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. We examine contemporaneous p

This paper examines the distributional effects of fiscal consolidation. Using episodes of fiscal consolidation for a sample of 17 OECD countries over the period

This paper assesses the effects of fiscal consolidations associated with public debt reduction on medium-term output growth during periods of private debt delev

In response to the global financial crisis, governments provided substantial support to the financial and other key sectors. Although this cushioned the adverse