International Differences in Fiscal Policy During the Global Crisis

Agustín Bénétrix and Philip Lane

No 16346, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: We examine the cross-country dispersion in fiscal outcomes during 2007-2009. In principle, international differences in fiscal policy may be related to differences in optimal fiscal positions, funding constraints, political economy factors and fiscal control problems. We find that the decline in the overall and structural fiscal balances have been larger for those countries experiencing larger increases in unemployment and where credit growth during the pre-crisis period was more rapid. However, there is no systematic co-variation between fiscal outcomes and a larger number of other macroeconomic variables and country characteristics.

JEL-codes: E60 F41 H60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-09
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