The exchange rate and fiscal consolidation episodes in emerging market economies

Amine Mati and John Thornton

Economics Letters, 2008, vol. 100, issue 1, 115-118

Abstract: An analysis of fiscal consolidations in emerging market economies during 1970-2004 suggests that exchange rate depreciation raises the probability of a fiscal consolidation being successful, including when controlling for debt, growth, the composition of the consolidation, and degree of democracy.

Date: 2008
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