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Title: International Differences in Fiscal Policy During the Global Crisis

Author(s): Agustín Bénétrix and Philip R. Lane

Publication Date: September 2010

Keyword(s): fiscal policy and global crisis

Programme Area(s): International Macroeconomics

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.

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Bénétrix, A and Lane, P. 2010. 'International Differences in Fiscal Policy During the Global Crisis'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=8009