Can Fiscal Rules Help Reduce Macroeconomic Volatility in the Latin America and Caribbean Region?

The debate on fiscal policy in Europe centers on how to let automatic stabilizers work while achieving fiscal consolidation. There is significant agreement on the importance of using fiscal policy as a counter-cyclical instrument, as monetary polic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Perry, Guillermo
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
GDP
MDB
OIL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/2438506/can-fiscal-rules-help-reduce-macroeconomic-volatility-latin-america-caribbean-region
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18172