Growth forecast errors and fiscal multipliers /

This paper investigates the relation between growth forecast errors and planned fiscal consolidation during the crisis. We find that, in advanced economies, stronger planned fiscal consolidation has been associated with lower growth than expected, with the relation being particularly strong, both st...

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Main Author: Blanchard, Olivier
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. Research Department.
Other Authors: Leigh, Daniel.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2013.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/13/01.
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